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| June 21, 2004 Release Number: 04-06-18C FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FIRST INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS TIKRIT, Iraq - One 1st Infantry Division Soldier died from wounds he received during an attack by anti-Iraqi forces near Buhritz at about 7 p.m., June 18. The Soldier was evacuated to a Coalition medical facility where he died. The name of the Soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. -30- |

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