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Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez Way

Photo by Sgt. Frank Vaughn, courtesy of the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Public Domain, https://www.dvidshub.net/image/158882/us-government-seeks-justice-iraqi-court

Staff Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez (b.1982) was captured in an ambush south of Baghdad in May 2007. In 2008, approximately one year after he went missing, the U.S. military found and identified his body. He was killed in the line of duty.

Sources:

Gil Tauber, "NYC Honorary Street Names," accessed June 15, 2022, http://www.nycstreets.info/

"Bodies of 2 missing soldiers found in Iraq," Military Times, accessed September 15, 2022, https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-alex-r-jimenez/3705557

Jano Tantongco, "Street renamed for Staff Sergeant Alex Jimenez," QNS.com, June 24, 2009, https://qns.com/2009/06/street-renamed-for-staff-sergeant-alex-jimenez/

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