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

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		No. 310-07
IMMEDIATE RELEASE		March 19, 2007

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

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Brevard, 31, of Phoenix, died Mar. 16 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. Brevard was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.

For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the U.S. Army, Alaska, public affairs office at (907) 384-1542.

 

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