Staff Sgt. Michael David P. Cardenaz
Born March 31, 1980 in Riverside Co. California
Died Feb. 20, 2010 in Kunar, Afghanistan
Staff Sgt. Michael David P. Cardenaz of Corona, California, joined the Army in 1998. Michael served several deployments during his military career: in the Balkans from February 26, 2000 to July 26, 2000 and again from October 28, 2002 to July 28, 2003; Iraq from February 14, 2004 to March 25, 2005 and again from October 16, 2006 to December 24, 2007. On June 7, 2009, he deployed to Afghanistan, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colorado. He died February 20 when enemy forces attacked his unit with rocket-propelled grenades. Michael was awarded many awards during his career including: The Bronze Star Medal, four Army Commendation Medals, an Army Commendation Medal with Valor, eight Army Achievement Medals, three Army Good Conduct medals, two NATO Medals, the Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Citation, Driver Mechanic Badge and the Expert Infantry Badge.
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