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Casualty Info
Casualty Date Jun 19, 1985
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Terrorist Attack
Location El Salvador
Conflict Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
Location of Interment Sunset Memorial Park - Northport, Alabama
Cold War Incident - Zona Rosa Attacks (El Salvador)
From Month/Year
June / 1985
To Month/Year
June / 1985
Description The Zona Rosa attack was a guerrilla attack that took place in the Zona Rosa restaurant area of San Salvador, El Salvador at approximately 21:30 on June 19, 1985, during the Salvadoran Civil War. The attack was conducted by gunmen dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, and in total twelve people were killed: four United States Marines, two United States businessmen, a Guatemalan, a Chilean, and four Salvadorans. A left-wing guerrilla group, the Central American Revolutionary Workers' Party (PRTC), and its armed wing, the Mardoqueo Cruz Urban Commando (CMC) claimed responsibility for the attack.
In July 1985, as part of the Combat Terrorism Act, the United States offered a reward of US$100,000 for information leading to the conviction of the attackers. By September 1985, the Salvadoran government had arrested four men; one of them was Américo Mauro Araujo, a high-ranking Salvadoran Communist Party official. Seven others who were involved in the attack, however, were never apprehended.
