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

  No. 374-08
IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 02, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualties


           

 

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died April 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Killed were:

Cpt. Andrew. R. Pearson, 32, of Billings, Mont.

Spc. Ronald J. Tucker, 21, of Fountain, Colo.

For more information media may contact the Fort Hood public affairs office at (254) 287-9993; after hours (254) 291-2591.


 

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