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

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		No. 113-06
IMMEDIATE RELEASE		February 07, 2006

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

 

            Spc. Sergio A. Mercedes Saez, 23, of New York, N.Y., died in Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 5, when the HMMWV in which he was riding accidentally rolled over into a canal.  Mercedes Saez was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

 

            The incident is under investigation.

 

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

 

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060207-12449.html