Berg, Ryan Russell
At 19, SPC Berg, Ryan Russell of SABINE PASS, TX was serving with the ARMY, TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 12TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BAQUBAH, IRAQ on January 9, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From SABINE PASS, TX, SPC Berg, Ryan Russell, serving with TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 12TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, was 19 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On January 9, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Berg, Ryan Russell in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. He was 19. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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
Berg, Ryan Russell 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.