Rank/Branch: Sgt./Army
Unit: 3rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Age: 31
Date of Birth
Home City of Record: Barnwell, S.C.
Date of Loss:
Country of Loss: Iraq
Loss Coordinates:
Status: MIA/Iraq - March 23, 2003
Remains recovered and identified - Reported April 04, 2003
Category:
Acft/Vehicle/Ground: Convoy
Personnel in Incident:
Source: Compiled by Last Firebase Veterans Archives Project from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
Date Updated:
REMARKS: Mar 30, 2003
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DOD IDENTIFIES SOLDIER MISSING IN IRAQ
The Department of Defense announced today the i dentity of an Army soldier listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) after his convoy was ambushed March 23 in Iraq. Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, is assigned to the 3rd Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. Buggs is from Barnwell, S.C.
The incident is under investigation.
