(1979-07-17)July 17, 1979 Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Died
April 24, 2004(2004-04-24) (aged 24) Near Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal, Northern Persian Gulf
Buried
Section 60, Site 7978, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, US
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Coast Guard
Years of service
1999–2004
Rank
Damage controlman third class
Unit
TACLET South, LEDET 403, assigned to the USS Firebolt
Battles/wars
Iraq War
Operation Iraqi Freedom †
Awards
Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device Purple Heart Combat Action Ribbon National Defense Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Nathan B. "Nate" Bruckenthal (July 17, 1979 – April 24, 2004) 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.[3]
Nathan B. "Nate" Bruckenthal (July 17, 1979 – April 24, 2004) was a United States Coast Guardsman who was killed in the Iraq War, becoming the first to...
USCGC NathanBruckenthal (WPC-1128) is a United States Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter (FRC) of the Sentinel class. Commissioned July 25, 2018 and is...
coastal patrol vessels. On 24 April 2004 Petty Officer 3rd Class NathanBruckenthal, assigned to LEDET 403 deployed aboard USS Firebolt, was killed in...
cutter (FRC) (Sentinel-class cutter), USCGC NathanBruckenthal, in Alexandria, Virginia in honor of Bruckenthal. February 23, 2022 - USS Firebolt decommissioned...
training. The Tier One Fitness test is: The Tier Two fitness is: NathanBruckenthal, Petty officer third class posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal...
names: authors list (link) Capelotti, Peter (25 April 2003). "DC3 NathanBruckenthal's Oral History". U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 23...
Erroll M. Brown – the first Coast Guard African-American admiral NathanBruckenthal – the only Coast Guardsman killed in action in Iraq, and the first...
USCGC Bayberry (WLI-65400) USCGC Richard Snyder (WPC-1127) USCGC NathanBruckenthal (WPC-1128) District controlled units and Cutters Coast Guard Air Station...
Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, the only Coast Guardsman killed in action since the Vietnam War, who was killed off the coast of Iraq. Bruckenthal had served...
detachments across Afghanistan. On 24 April 2004, Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, from the USS Firebolt (PC-10), became the first Coast Guardsman...
Global Information
United States
United States Coast Guard
Damage controlman third class
Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device
Purple Heart
Combat Action Ribbon
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal