Belser, Donnie Ray Jr
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Verified From ANNISTON, AL, CPT Belser, Donnie Ray Jr served with the ARMY, 425TH MITT, 3 BCT, 1CD (TASK ORG TO 25TH ID), FORT RILEY, KS, and died on February 10, 2007 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From ANNISTON, AL, CPT Belser, Donnie Ray Jr, serving with 425TH MITT, 3 BCT, 1CD (TASK ORG TO 25TH ID), FORT RILEY, KS, was 28 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on February 10, 2007 in BALAD, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Belser, Donnie Ray 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.
