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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release |
| No. 609-05 | ||
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 16, 2005 |
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Michael R. Hayes, 29, of Morgantown, Ky., died June 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, where a rocket-propelled grenade hit his HMMWV while he was providing security cordon for an improvised explosive device found earlier. Hayes was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 617th Military Police Company, Richmond, Ky.
For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050616-3703.html
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