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Coast Damage Controlman Nathan B Bruckenthal
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Name: Coast Guard Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal
Age: 24
From: Smithtown, N.Y.
Assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 403, aboard the patrol coastal Firebolt, forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Incident: Coast Guard Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal was killed April 24 in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf.
Died: April 24, 2004
Makah community honors Coast Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Smithtown, N.Y.
Assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 403, aboard the patrol coastal Firebolt, forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Incident: Coast Guard Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal was killed April 24 in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf.
Died: April 24, 2004
Makah community honors Coast Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
NEAH BAY, Wash. — Makah tribal leaders, military veterans and high school athletes joined their fellow citizens at a memorial service to honor Coast Guardsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal.
He was killed April 24 when suicide bombers in boats attacked pumping stations in the Persian Gulf. Bruckenthal became the first member of the Coast Guard to die in battle since the Vietnam war.
The Makah community remembers him well. He joined the Neah Bay station in spring 2001 and served two years in this coastal town on the northwestern tip of Washington state.
“He meant a lot to our community,” said the station’s commanding officer, Chief...
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Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Detachment 403, aboard the patrol coastal Firebolt, forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Incident
Coast Guard Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal was killed April 24 in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf.
Prayers & Messages
Coast Damage Controlman Nathan B Bruckenthal
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.