Balint, Paul Jr
PFC Balint, Paul Jr, 22, a native of WILLOW PARK, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY, LEDWARD BARRACKS, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 15, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From WILLOW PARK, TX, PFC Balint, Paul Jr, serving with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY, LEDWARD BARRACKS, GM, was 22 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On December 15, 2006, he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 15, 2006. Hometown: WILLOW PARK, TX.
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Balint, Paul Jr 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.