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

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		No. 1142-07
IMMEDIATE RELEASE		September 21, 2007

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

Pfc. Luigi Marciante Jr., 25, of Elizabeth, N.J., died Sept. 20 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Lewis, Wash.

For more information related to this release, the media may contact the Fort Lewis public affairs office at (253) 967-0152, (253) 967-0147 or after hours at (253) 967-0015 (ask for the Public Affairs Officer on call).

 

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