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

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		No. 005-06
IMMEDIATE RELEASE		January 3, 2006

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DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

 

            Staff Sgt. Ayman A. Taha, 31, of Vienna, Va., died in Balad, Iraq, on Dec. 30, when he was preparing a munitions cache for demolition and the cache exploded.  Taha was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.

 

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

 

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060103-12256.html