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Military

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

  No. 1347-07
IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2007

DoD Identifies Army Casualty


           

 

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

Spc. Melvin L. Henley Jr., 26, of Jackson, Miss., died at Camp Striker in Baghdad on Nov. 21 of injuries suffered from non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

The incident is under investigation.

For more information related to this release, the media may contact the Fort Stewart public affairs office at (912) 767-2479.

 

http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=11513



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