SFC Daniel B. Crabtree

8 June 2006, Iraq

Special Forces

A native of Canton, Ohio, Sergeant First Class Daniel B. Crabtree died on 8 June 2006 in Al Kut, Iraq, while supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

Crabtree joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1992 and the Ohio Army National Guard in 1993. He served as an Administrative Specialist and a Military Policeman prior to completing the Special Forces Qualification Course in 2004.

SFC Crabtree was assigned as a Weapons Sergeant in the Ohio Army National Guard, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Columbus, Ohio, when he died of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device that detonated near his vehicle during combat operations.