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| October 7, 2004 Release Number: 04-10-06C FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1st INFANTRY SOLDIER KILLED, CIVILIAN WORKER WOUNDED TIKRIT, IRAQ -- A 1st Infantry Division Soldier was killed and a civilian interpreter was wounded when anti-Iraqi forces attacked their patrol with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire near Bayji around midnight on Oct. 6. The civilian was evacuated to a Multi-National Forces medical facility for treatment, and is in stable condition. The name of the soldier is being withheld pending next of kin notification. -30- |
