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Gresham, Daniel Gene

Also known as: SSG, 797TH ORDNANCE CO (EOD), 52D ORD GROUP, (MNC-I), FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX
Combatant Male Verified
DiedFebruary 24, 2005
Age23 years old
Location of DeathAD DAWR, IRAQ
Cause of DeathHOSTILE

In AD DAWR, IRAQ on February 24, 2005, the ARMY lost SSG Gresham, Daniel Gene of LINCOLN, IL, 23, serving with 797TH ORDNANCE CO (EOD), 52D ORD GROUP, (MNC-I), FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Gresham, Daniel Gene was 23 and from LINCOLN, IL when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, 797TH ORDNANCE CO (EOD), 52D ORD GROUP, (MNC-I), FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX as SSG. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

On February 24, 2005, the ARMY lost SSG Gresham, Daniel Gene in AD DAWR, IRAQ. He was 23. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.

The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: February 24, 2005. Hometown: LINCOLN, IL.

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Gresham, Daniel Gene 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.

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