Beard, Daniel Jay
SGT Beard, Daniel Jay, 24, a native of BUFFALO, NY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 147TH POSTAL COMPANY, 21ST THEATER SUSTAINMENT COMMAND, WIESBADEN, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2009.
Their Story
Beard, Daniel Jay of BUFFALO, NY, 24 years old, served in the ARMY with 147TH POSTAL COMPANY, 21ST THEATER SUSTAINMENT COMMAND, WIESBADEN, GM at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On April 3, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Beard, Daniel Jay in AL DIWANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 24.
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 ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Beard, Daniel Jay 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.