Courneya, Daniel Weston
COMPANY D, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, ARMY ? CPL Courneya, Daniel Weston (NASHVILLE, MI), age 19, ? died in AL TAQA, IRAQ on May 12, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Courneya, Daniel Weston of NASHVILLE, MI, 19 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY D, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
May 12, 2007 ? Courneya, Daniel Weston died in AL TAQA, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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 members of COMPANY D, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Courneya, Daniel Weston 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.