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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release

  No. 343-05
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2005

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

 

      Spc. Glenn J. Watkins, 42, of Carlsbad, Calif., died April 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-born improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.  Watkins was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry, Kent, Wash.

 

      For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050408-2463.html



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