1st Lt. Michael W. Vega
- Age: 41
- Sex: M
- Hometown: Lathrop, Calif.
- Branch: Army National Guard
- Unit: 223rd Military Intelligence Company, 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, Army National Guard, based in Sacramento, CA
Incident
- Mar 20th, 2004: Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center of injuries sustained March 11 when his military vehicle rolled over during a firefight in Diwaniyah.
- Location: Diwaniyah, Iraq
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About Faces of the Fallen
February 2013 update: Due to a technical issue, a number of the home states listed for service members appeared incorrectly in this database. Those entries have since been corrected.
Faces of the Fallen is a collection of information about each U.S. service member who has died as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom.
This information is updated at least weekly from military releases, news service reports and local newspaper stories. The photographs come from news services, local newspapers and family members. The Washington Post cannot give permission to allow for third-party use of the photos in Faces of the Fallen due to contractual agreements with other news organizations.
Research by Magda Jean-Louis, Whitney Fetterhoff and Mary Hadar.
Application design and development by Sisi Wei, Jeremy Bowers and Wilson Andrews.
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