Cuka, Daniel Michael
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Verified At 27, SSG Cuka, Daniel Michael of YANKTON, SD was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY C, 1ST BN, 147TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 49TH MP BDE (3 COSCOM), YANKTON, SD, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 4, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From YANKTON, SD, SSG Cuka, Daniel Michael, serving with BATTERY C, 1ST BN, 147TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 49TH MP BDE (3 COSCOM), YANKTON, SD, was 27 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On December 4, 2005, the ARMY lost SSG Cuka, Daniel Michael in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 27. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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.
YANKTON, SD is where Cuka, Daniel Michael came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Cuka, Daniel Michael 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.
