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

  No. 009-06
IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 03, 2006

DoD Identifies Army Casualty


           

 

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

 

            Sgt. 1st Class Jason L. Bishop, 31, of Williamstown, Ky., died in As Siniyah, Iraq, on Jan. 1, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations.  Bishop was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

 

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

 

 

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060103-12261.html



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