Ronald Alan Schulz (March 29, 1965 – circa December 8, 2005) was an American civilian contract worker in Iraq who was
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and killed by Iraqi insurgents.
Early life
Schulz graduated from
Jamestown High School in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1983. He joined the
United States Marine Corps and served from 1984 to 1991. After leaving the Marines, Schulz moved to
Alaska.
Death in Iraq
In 2005, Schulz went to Iraq as a civilian contract worker initially doing electrical work for
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(Kellog Brown & Root). He had left them to do electrical work for an unspecified
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organization. On or around November 25, 2005, Schulz was kidnapped by unknown insurgents, although the US government didn't announce the kidnapping until December 6.
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On December 6, 2005, the
Islamic Army in Iraq uploaded a video to the internet showing Schulz sitting in a white plastic chair with his hands tied behind his back. The group threatened to kill him in 48 hours unless the U.S. government freed all Iraqi prisoners and paid compensation to Iraqis affected by military offensives led by U.S. troops against militants in the Sunni Muslim-dominated Anbar province. On December 8, 2005, the group declared that they killed Schulz after the U.S. refused to give in to their demands.
On December 19, 2005, the militants uploaded another video showing Schulz's death, in which he is shot in the back of the head with an automatic rifle. The video included footage of Schulz's identification card.
Schulz's remains were found in a grave in Iraq in September 2008 along with those of Susan Bushra, his Kurdish fiancée. The remains were confirmed to be Schulz's in October and they were returned to
North Dakota for burial.
See also
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List of kidnappings
The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each individual case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.
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1965 births
2000s missing person cases
2005 deaths
American people taken hostage
Foreign hostages in Iraq
Kidnapped people
Male murder victims
Missing person cases in Iraq
People from Jamestown, North Dakota
United States Marines
Civilian casualties in the Iraq War
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