Edgar P. Daclan Jr.
Died: September 10, 2004
Rank: Specialist
Unit: 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Branch: U.S. Army
Specialist Edgar P. Daclan, Jr., an Army medic attached to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany, was killed on September 10, 2004, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his patrol in the central Iraqi city of Balad, north of Baghdad. His unit had been responding to indirect fire from a covered position where the enemy could not be seen. He was leading the way when the homemade bomb exploded. He was buried with full military honors at the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California, on September 24, 2004.
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