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

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		No. 282-08
IMMEDIATE RELEASE		April 08, 2008

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The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died April 6 in Baghdad, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with indirect fire.

Killed were:

Col. Stephen K. Scott, 54, of New Market, Ala. He was assigned to the 356th Quartermaster Battalion, Laurel, Miss., and

Maj. Stuart A. Wolfer, 36, of Coral Springs, Fla. He was assigned to the 11th Battalion, 104th Division, Boise, Idaho.

For more information on Col. Scott, the media may contact the 81st Regional Readiness Command at (205) 795-1690.

For more information on Maj. Wolfer, the media may contact Lt. Col. Tim Marsano at (208) 422-5268.

 

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