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Photograph: Special Agent Matthew Joseph Kuglics

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Special Agent Matthew Joseph Kuglics
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations
U.S. Government

End of Watch: Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Biographical Info
Age: 25
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Bomb
Date of Incident: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Incident Location: Overseas
Weapon Used: Explosives; Bomb
Suspect Info: Not available

Special Agent Matthew Kuglics and Special Agent Ryan Balmer were killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Kirkuk, Iraq.

The agents had been deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and were assigned to assist with security and protection of Air Force property to identify and stop terrorist threats.

Special Agent Kuglics had served with the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations for four years. He joined the US Air Force in 2000, attaining the rank of staff sergeant and before his deployment to Iraq was stationed at Lackland AFB in Texas. Special Agent Kuglics is survived by his parents, sister, maternal and paternal grandparents.

Related Line of Duty Deaths
Patch image: United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. GovernmentSpecial Agent Ryan A. Balmer
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EOW: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Cause of Death: Bomb

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