Daclan, Edgar Potayre Jr
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Verified At 24, SPC Daclan, Edgar Potayre Jr of CYPRESS, CA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AE 09226 SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 10, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AE 09226 SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, sent Daclan, Edgar Potayre Jr of CYPRESS, CA, then 24, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: September 10, 2004. Location: BALAD, 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
Daclan, Edgar Potayre 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.
