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July 4, 2003
Release Number: 03-07-16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOLDIER KILLED PROTECTING BAGHDAD MUSEUM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A 1st Armored Division soldier was shot and killed by small arms fire while protecting the Baghdad Museum at about 8:30 p.m. July 3.
The soldier was in the gunner's hatch of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle at a guard post in the Rushafa neighborhood when he was hit.
The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of his next of kin.
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