NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
May 24, 2004
Release Number: 04-05-40C
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ONE MARINE, ONE SOLDIER KILLED, SEVERAL WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK
CAMP FULLUJAH, Iraq - One U.S. Soldier and one U.S. Marine were killed and several other U.S. forces and one civilian contractor were wounded when attackers detonated an improvised explosive device, at about 4:50 p.m. May 23 northwest of Fallujah.
Reports indicate the device was placed in a parked vehicle and detonated as two U.S. convoys passed on the highway.
The wounded were evacuated by air to the 31st Combat Support Hospital.
The names of the two service members killed are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.
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