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Ulises Burgos-Cruz

Tuesday, April 08 2008 @ 08:20 AM EDT
Contributed by: River97
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NBC Action News -- FORT RILEY, Kan. - Capt. Ulises Burgos-Cruz, 29, died April 6 in Balad, Iraq of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device, the Department of Defense announced Monday.

Burgos-Cruz was an ordnance officer serving on a military transition team assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. His home of record is Puerto Rico.

He entered the Army in June 2001 and deployed on the 1st Inf. Div. transition team in June 2007.

To date, 148 Fort Riley Soldiers and Airmen have been killed while serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Transition team training is a 60-day training cycle at Fort Riley to prepare small teams of American Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors to advise, teach, mentor and coach their Iraqi or Afghan counterparts.

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Ulises Burgos-Cruz

Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, April 08 2008 @ 05:20 PM EDT

As a Soldier's Angel, I have had the privilege of knowing this group thru one of it's members, Capt. Thompson. My sincerest sympathies to his familiy and friends. He was a true hero and close friend to his group. He will long be remembered.
May God bless you richly.
S A Retta Vesely

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Ulises Burgos-Cruz

Authored by: anonymous on Wednesday, April 16 2008 @ 08:59 PM EDT

Capt. Burgos-Cruz,
Sir, I woulod just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your famiy and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

"No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifiice Too Great"
(1st ID Motto)

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