Kuglics, Matthew Joseph
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Verified SSGT Kuglics, Matthew Joseph, age 25, of NORTH CANTON, OH ? Active Duty, AIR FORCE, DETACHMENT 352, 3D FIELD INVESTIGATIONS REGION, LACKLAND AFB, TX, ? died on June 5, 2007 in NEAR KIRKUK AB, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the AIR FORCE ? DETACHMENT 352, 3D FIELD INVESTIGATIONS REGION, LACKLAND AFB, TX ? serving as SSGT, Kuglics, Matthew Joseph was 25 and came from NORTH CANTON, OH.
On June 5, 2007, the AIR FORCE lost SSGT Kuglics, Matthew Joseph in NEAR KIRKUK AB, IRAQ. He was 25. The AIR FORCE 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.
The AIR FORCE 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.
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Kuglics, Matthew Joseph 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.
