Burger, Dale Alan Jr
At 21, CPL Burger, Dale Alan Jr of BEL AIR, MD was serving with the MARINE CORPS, I CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 14, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Burger, Dale Alan Jr was 21 and from BEL AIR, MD when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, I CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on November 14, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ, from 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: November 14, 2004. Hometown: BEL AIR, MD.
Explore Further
Burger, Dale Alan 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.