Nathan Bruckenthal

Military Person

1979 – 2004

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Who was Nathan Bruckenthal?

Nathan B. "Nate" Bruckenthal was a United States Coast Guardsman who was killed in the Iraq War, becoming the first to die in wartime action since the Vietnam War. Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors were killed while intercepting a waterborne suicide attack on an offshore oil terminal off the coast of Iraq in the northern Persian Gulf in 2004.

Bruckenthal was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device and the Purple Heart for his actions.

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Born
Jul 17, 1979
Stony Brook
Died
Apr 24, 2004
Persian Gulf
Resting place
Arlington National Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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