Cpl. Gilberto A. Meza, 21, died in Baghdad from wounds he sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit on Saturday, a Department of Defense press release said.
Meza was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
Meza was the third Oxnard resident to die in the Iraq war. The last was Spc. Jaime Rodriguez Jr., 19, who died in Saqlawiyah when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Meza entered Oxnard High School in 2000, and later transferred to Channel Islands High School, Frontier High School and the Oxnard Union High School District's GED program in 2004, officials said.