Balcon, Dane Rodrigo
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, SPC Balcon, Dane Rodrigo of COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, 19, died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 5, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Balcon, Dane Rodrigo was 19 and from COLORADO SPRINGS, CO when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
September 5, 2007 ? Balcon, Dane Rodrigo died in BALAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
The members of HHC, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Balcon, Dane Rodrigo was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
