Award Recipients:
2007
Dane Bloomaert
2006
Ryker Sentgeorge
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Captain Dion Joseph Burmaz was born on October 5, 1976,
and enrolled at UCSB from Placentia, CA. He joined the
UCSB ROTC program on September 1, 1994 and graduated
UCSB with a degree in Criminal Justice. He was commissioned
as a 2LT in the United States Army on June 13, 1998.
He then completed the Officer Basic Course at Fort Rucker,
Alabama graduating as an Army Aviator in August of 1999.
His first assignment was with 3rd Battalion (ATK), 229th
Aviation Regiment at Fort Bragg where he served as an
Attack Helicopter Platoon Leader and Class III/V Platoon
Leader. His next assignment was as Company Commander
of D Co., 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd
Infantry Division. In May of 2004 he took over as the
Company Commander of A Co., 1st Battalion, 2nd Aviation
Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Page, Republic
of Korea. CPT Burmaz served with courage and distinction
as both a Company Commander and AH-64D Apache Longbow
Pilot. On February 26, 2005, Razorback “6” took off
on his final mission. His awards include the Meritorious
Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal,
Airborne Badge and the Army Service Ribbon.
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If you are interested in finding out more information
about the fund, and the scholarship it will provide,
contact Development at
(805) 893-2460. To make a donation to the fund, please
make your check payable to:
CPT Dion Burmaz Memorial Fund. The mailing address
is Development Office, ATTN: Gift Processing, University
of California, Santa Barbara, California,
93106-2013.
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