DATE: April 24, 2009 3:44:08 PM EDT
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Date: April 24, 2009
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Remembering Nathan

Memorial service held for Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal

Eric and Patty Bruckenthal listen to a prayer given by a Coast Guard chaplain during a memorial service held in honor of their son, Nathan Bruckenthal at Coast Guard Station Eaton’s Neck, N.Y., April 24, 2009. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal was killed in action at the Khawr Al Amay Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq on April 24 2004. He was killed in a terrorist-suicide bombing when a dhow that he and his team intercepted near the terminal exploded. The explosion overturned the boarding team's rigid hull inflatable, killing Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors. Another Coast Guardsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Ruggierio, and three other Navy personnel were wounded. Both Coast Guardsmen were members of LEDET 403, which had been deployed as part of Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. The team was attached to the USS Firebolt (PC-10). This was Bruckenthal's second tour of duty in Iraq. During his first deployment, Reserve Chief Petty Officer Peter Capelotti interviewed Bruckenthal while in Bahrain for the Coast Guard Historian's Office Iraqi Freedom Documentation Project. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guardsmen killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Annie R. Berlin)  

Eric and Patty Bruckenthal listen to a prayer given by a Coast Guard chaplain during a memorial service held in honor of their son, Nathan Bruckenthal at Coast Guard Station Eaton's Neck, N.Y., April 24, 2009. 

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal was killed in action at the Khawr Al Amay Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq on April 24 2004.  He was killed in a terrorist-suicide bombing when a dhow that he and his team intercepted near the terminal exploded.  The explosion overturned the boarding team's rigid hull inflatable, killing Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors.  Another Coast Guardsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Ruggierio, and three other Navy personnel were wounded.  Both Coast Guardsmen were members of LEDET 403, which had been deployed as part of Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia.  The team was attached to the USS Firebolt (PC-10).

Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guardsmen killed in combat since the Vietnam War.
(U.S. Coast Guard photos/PA3 Annie R. Berlin)

Family members of Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal and personnel from Coast Guard Station Eaton’s Neck stand to honor morning colors April 24, 2009, before a memorial service marking five years since Bruckenthal was killed in Iraq. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal was killed in action at the Khawr Al Amay Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq on April 24 2004. He was killed in a terrorist-suicide bombing when a dhow that he and his team intercepted near the terminal exploded. The explosion overturned the boarding team's rigid hull inflatable, killing Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors. Another Coast Guardsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Ruggierio, and three other Navy personnel were wounded. Both Coast Guardsmen were members of LEDET 403, which had been deployed as part of Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. The team was attached to the USS Firebolt (PC-10). This was Bruckenthal's second tour of duty in Iraq. During his first deployment, Reserve Chief Petty Officer Peter Capelotti interviewed Bruckenthal while in Bahrain for the Coast Guard Historian's Office Iraqi Freedom Documentation Project. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guardsmen killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Annie R. Berlin)

Family members of Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal and personnel from Coast Guard Station Eaton's Neck stand to honor morning colors April 24, 2009, before a memorial service marking five years since Bruckenthal was killed in Iraq.

Eric and Patty Bruckenthal display a picture of their son Nathan Bruckenthal after a memorial service held at Coast Guard Station Eaton’s Neck, N.Y., April 24, 2009. Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal was killed in action at the Khawr Al Amay Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq on April 24 2004. He was killed in a terrorist-suicide bombing when a dhow that he and his team intercepted near the terminal exploded. The explosion overturned the boarding team's rigid hull inflatable, killing Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors. Another Coast Guardsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Ruggierio, and three other Navy personnel were wounded. Both Coast Guardsmen were members of LEDET 403, which had been deployed as part of Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. The team was attached to the USS Firebolt (PC-10). This was Bruckenthal's second tour of duty in Iraq. During his first deployment, Reserve Chief Petty Officer Peter Capelotti interviewed Bruckenthal while in Bahrain for the Coast Guard Historian's Office Iraqi Freedom Documentation Project. Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guardsmen killed in combat since the Vietnam War. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Annie R. Berlin)

Eric and Patty Bruckenthal display a picture of their son Nathan Bruckenthal after a memorial service held at Coast Guard Station Eaton's Neck, N.Y.

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