Burbank, Michael Lee
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Verified B TROOP, 1ST SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433, ARMY ? SSG Burbank, Michael Lee (BREMERTON, WA), age 34, ? died in MOSUL, IRAQ on October 11, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Burbank, Michael Lee of BREMERTON, WA, 34 years old, served in the ARMY with B TROOP, 1ST SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433 at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: October 11, 2004. Location: MOSUL, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
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 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
Burbank, Michael Lee 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.
