{"id":450,"date":"2017-01-11T21:27:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deamaltzchallenge.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2017-01-23T19:19:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T02:19:17","slug":"u-s-army-spc-armer-n-burkart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/11\/u-s-army-spc-armer-n-burkart\/","title":{"rendered":"Army SPC Armer N. Burkart"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"trb_ar_h\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_hl\">\n<h1 class=\"trb_ar_hl_t\">Soldier from Md. dies in Iraq blast<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_main\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_la\">\n<aside class=\"trb_embed\" data-content-id=\"23452939\" data-content-size=\"leadart\" data-content-type=\"image\" data-content-slug=\"bal-burkartphoto0516\" data-content-subtype=\"photo\" data-role=\"sc_item imgsize_ratiosizecontainer\" data-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_media\">\n<figure class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_figure\" data-role=\"imgsize_item\"><picture><source srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-518e4797\/turbine\/bal-burkartphoto0516\/343\/343x193 343w\" media=\"(max-width: 668px), (min-width: 840px) and (max-width: 1228px)\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1060px) calc(100vw - 559px), (min-width: 840px) calc(100vw - 419px), 100.1vw\" \/><source srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-518e4797\/turbine\/bal-burkartphoto0516\/343\/193x343 193w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-518e4797\/turbine\/bal-burkartphoto0516\/393\/221x393 221w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-518e4797\/turbine\/bal-burkartphoto0516\/425\/239x425 239w\" media=\"(min-width: 669px) and (max-width: 839px), (min-width: 1229px)\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1272px) 253px, (min-width: 1229px) calc((100vw - 559px) * 0.31625), (min-width: 800px) 253px, 31.625vw\" \/><img class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_img trb_embed_imageContainer_img_23452939\" title=\"Army Spc. Armer N. Burkart\" alt=\"Army Spc. Armer N. Burkart\" data-baseurl=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-518e4797\/turbine\/bal-burkartphoto0516\" data-c-nd=\"343x425\" data-role=\"imgsize_srcsetdisplayitem\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related\" data-role=\"lightbox_metadata\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related_credit_and_caption\">Army Spc. Armer N. Burkart was killed while on patrol in west Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pm\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au\" data-byline-withoutby=\"\">Nicole Fuller<\/span><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pb\">sun reporter<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_dateline\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_page\" data-role=\"pagination_page\" data-content-page=\"1\">\n<p>A 26-year-old soldier who grew up in Rockville was killed by an improvised explosive device in <a id=\"PLGEO0000012\" title=\"Iraq\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/topic\/international\/iraq-PLGEO0000012-topic.html\">Iraq<\/a>, the Department of Defense announced yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Army Spc. Armer N. Burkart was the gunner in a Humvee conducting combat patrols in west Baghdad when the vehicle was struck by the bomb Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-inread\"><\/div>\n<p>Burkart was a cavalry scout assigned to the 1st Battalion, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y. He had served in Afghanistan from August 2003 to April 2004.<\/p>\n<p>An A-student and 1997 graduate of Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Rockville, Burkart was a standout member of the school&#8217;s ROTC program and that won him a full scholarship to attend <a id=\"OREDU0000121\" title=\"Lehigh University\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/topic\/education\/colleges-universities\/lehigh-university-OREDU0000121-topic.html\">Lehigh University<\/a> in Bethlehem, Pa., said Sgt. Maj. John Ohmer, a social studies teacher at Magruder. But Burkart left Lehigh after two years, and joined <a id=\"ORGOV0000126141142\" title=\"U.S. Army\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/topic\/unrest-conflicts-war\/defense\/u.s.-army-ORGOV0000126141142-topic.html\">the Army<\/a> in July 2000, the teacher said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_ar_sponsoredmod trb_barker_mediaconductor\" data-adloader-networktype=\"mediaconductor\" data-role=\"delayload_item\" data-screen-size=\"desktop\" data-withinviewport-options=\"bottomOffset=100\" data-load-method=\"trb.vendor.mediaconductor.init\" data-load-type=\"method\" data-vendor-mc=\"\" data-mediaconductor-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"tlod\">\n<div id=\"tl_outer\" class=\"ArticleSub\">\n<section class=\"trb_barker_polar_section\">\n<h2 class=\"trb_barker_polar_barkerTitle\">Paid Post<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldier from Md. dies in Iraq blast Army Spc. Armer N. 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