CDR Duane George Wolfe

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CDR Duane George Wolfe

Birth
Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death
25 May 2009 (aged 54)
Al Anbar, Iraq
Burial
Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.3053957, Longitude: -120.8026682
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Veterans South
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Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe of Port Hueneme, California enlisted in the Navy on July 25, 1972, and has been a reservist for the past 31 years. He served in various reserve units attached to Naval Operational Support Center, Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, since 1977. During his years in service, Wolfe also was a civilian deputy commander of the 30th Space Wing Mission Support Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Cmdr. Wolfe worked 24 years at Vandenberg Air Force Base and most recently was the 30th Mission Support Group deputy commander. In his civilian job at Vandenberg, he served as base liaison to the community, often giving updates about the base to the Lompoc Unified School District Board of Education. The civil servant died at age 54 from injuries suffered as a result of an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy southeast of Fallujah. Wolfe was assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Gulf Region Division in Iraq.

Vandenberg Air Force Base
Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe of Port Hueneme, California enlisted in the Navy on July 25, 1972, and has been a reservist for the past 31 years. He served in various reserve units attached to Naval Operational Support Center, Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, since 1977. During his years in service, Wolfe also was a civilian deputy commander of the 30th Space Wing Mission Support Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Cmdr. Wolfe worked 24 years at Vandenberg Air Force Base and most recently was the 30th Mission Support Group deputy commander. In his civilian job at Vandenberg, he served as base liaison to the community, often giving updates about the base to the Lompoc Unified School District Board of Education. The civil servant died at age 54 from injuries suffered as a result of an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy southeast of Fallujah. Wolfe was assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Gulf Region Division in Iraq.

Vandenberg Air Force Base

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