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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: Company D, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
  • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
  • Location of Service: Fort Riley, Kansas; Iraq
  • Highest Rank: Specialist
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/118517

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"Your whole world just goes down... all your plans, and everything that you wanted to do, and what you hoped for, everything is just gone." (Video interview with Nancy Fuentes, 24:30)

Motivated by a lifelong fascination with the military and a deep desire to serve his country, and despite the grave concerns of his mother, New Yorker Daniel "Danny" Armando Fuentes enlisted in the Army in 2005. Serving with Company D, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fuentes was killed during his first deployment to Iraq in April 2007. In her oral history interview, his mother, Nancy Fuentes, describes the loss of her respectful, determined son, and the impact of his death on his family. She also discusses the ways in which she has sought to give meaning to his death, including the establishment of a memorial scholarship fund at his former high school.

Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Daniel Armando Fuentes Collection

Names

  • Gold Star Dirt
  • Fuentes, Daniel Armando
  • Sherman, Keith

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • New York (State)

Headings

  • -  Fuentes, Daniel Armando
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Form

  • Flash Drive

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: Company D, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Riley, Kansas; Iraq
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
    • Highest Rank: Specialist
    • Dates of Service: 2005-2007
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: Flash Drive [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2019-08-06; 2019)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/118517

Collection Notes

  • Nancy Fuentes gave an interview on behalf of the veteran.

Online Format

  • video

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Location of Service

Battles & Campaigns

Service Unit/Ship

Highest Rank

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Gender

Race

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

Interviewee

Interviewer

Organization/Affiliation

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Gold Star Dirt, Daniel Armando Fuentes, and Keith Sherman. Daniel Armando Fuentes Collection. 2005. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.118517/.

APA citation style:

Gold Star Dirt, Fuentes, D. A. & Sherman, K. (2005) Daniel Armando Fuentes Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.118517/.

MLA citation style:

Gold Star Dirt, Daniel Armando Fuentes, and Keith Sherman. Daniel Armando Fuentes Collection. 2005. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.118517/>.