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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release |
| No. 010-07 | ||
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | January 04, 2007 |
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Thomas E. Vandling Jr., 26, of Pittsburgh, Pa., died Jan. 1 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol. Vandling was assigned to the 303rd Psychological Operations Company, Oakdale, Pa., a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
For more information on this soldier the media can contact Tina Beller at the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-7714.
http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10351
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