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            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

            Spc. Tyanna S. Felder, 22, of Bridgeport, Conn., died April 7, in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained on April 4 in Mosul when her convoy vehicle was hit with an improvised explosive device.  Felder was assigned to the Army's 296^th Brigade Support Battalion, 3^rd Brigade, 2^nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

            The incident is under investigation.