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

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		No. 1334-07
IMMEDIATE RELEASE		November 19, 2007

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

2nd Lt. Peter H. Burks, 26, of Dallas, Texas, died Nov. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

For more information media may contact the U.S. Army Europe public affairs office at 011-49-6221-57-5816/8694.

 

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