Werner, Earl Delmer
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Verified Sgt. Earl Delmer Werner, 38, of Mondovi, Wisconsin, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He died on August 28, 2009, in Baghdad, Iraq, from hostile action.
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Earl Delmer Werner was a 38-year-old sergeant from Mondovi, Wisconsin. He served with Company B, 41st Special Troops Battalion, an Oregon-based Army National Guard unit headquartered in Portland.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Sgt. Werner died on August 28, 2009, in Baghdad. The official casualty report listed the cause as hostile fire. No further specifics about the incident were publicly released in initial announcements.
Werner's death occurred during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a conflict that began with a U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. By 2009, U.S. forces were engaged in a counter-insurgency campaign and supporting Iraqi security forces, with combat operations continuing despite a declared end to major combat years earlier.
His death was reported by local Wisconsin media, including the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. The Army notified his family in Mondovi. He was one of at least 4,424 U.S. service members to die in the Iraq War between 2003 and 2011.
Sgt. Werner is memorialized on the Iraq War Veterans Memorial online and in local remembrances in Wisconsin. His unit, the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, completed its deployment and returned to Oregon later in 2009.
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Sgt. Werner was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2010). 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.
