Military

        The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
       
       Sgt. Dominic R. Coles, 25, of Jesup, Ga., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 26, when his HMMWV came under attack during combat operations by enemy forces using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars.  Coles was assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
      
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