UNITED24 - Make a charitable donation in support of Ukraine!

Military

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

  No. 867-08
IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualty


           

 

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

Spc. Geoffrey G. Johnson, 28, of Lubbock, Texas, died on Oct. 12 of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

The incident is under investigation.

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


 

http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=12283



NEWSLETTER
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list