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
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on July 23, 2013
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