Army National Guard Pfc, Daniel Paul Unger, Rest In Peace

Daniel Paul Unger, 19

Army National Guard, Private 1st Class

Based: Visalia, Calif.

1st Battalion, 185th Armor Regiment, 81st Separate Armor Brigade

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: May 25, 2004

Iskandariya (Forward Operating Base, Kalsu), Iraq

Gender: Male

Hometown: Exeter

High School: Exeter High (Exeter)

Burial: Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Calif.

I was at a friend's house. My husband called and said, 'Come home. Just come home.' When he opened the door he was crying and I saw the chaplain and the other officers, and of course I knew it was Danny. — Lynda Unger, mother

Unger was the first member of a California National Guard unit to die in combat during the war. A skilled center fielder, Unger had dreamed of playing college baseball, but passed on a scholarship so that he could serve in Iraq.

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