Dunigan, Joe Larry Jr
At 37, SSG Dunigan, Joe Larry Jr of BELTON, TX was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B 1ST BN 16TH INFANTRY, (1ST ID), FORT RILEY, KS 66442, when he died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on March 11, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Dunigan, Joe Larry Jr, from BELTON, TX, at age 37, with COMPANY B 1ST BN 16TH INFANTRY, (1ST ID), FORT RILEY, KS 66442, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 11, 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.
The members of COMPANY B 1ST BN 16TH INFANTRY, (1ST ID), FORT RILEY, KS 66442 who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Dunigan, Joe Larry 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.