CPT Daniel W. Eggers

29 May 2004, Afghanistan

Special Forces

A native of Cape Coral, Florida, Captain Daniel W. Eggers was killed on 29 May 2004 by an improvised explosive device during a combat patrol near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

After graduating in 1997 from The Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina, Eggers was commissioned in the Army and served in several assignments. He graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 2002, and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg.

CPT Eggers was assigned as a Detachment Commander in 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at the time of his death.