Burgess, Alan Joseph
In MOSUL, IRAQ on October 15, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Burgess, Alan Joseph of LANDAFF, NH, 24, serving with HHB, 2ND BATTALION, 197TH FIELD ARTILLERY, XVIII ABN CORPS, BERLIN, NH 08640. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Burgess, Alan Joseph, from LANDAFF, NH, at age 24, with HHB, 2ND BATTALION, 197TH FIELD ARTILLERY, XVIII ABN CORPS, BERLIN, NH 08640, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
Killed on October 15, 2004 in MOSUL, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Burgess, Alan Joseph was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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.
LANDAFF, NH is where Burgess, Alan Joseph came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Burgess, Alan Joseph 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.