Press Release 20100626-02
June 26, 2010

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – One U.S. Soldier died of non-battle injuries and two others were injured when the vehicle they were traveling in rolled over south of Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq yesterday.

The injured Soldiers were taken to Contingency Operating Base Delta for medical treatment.  

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

The names of service members are announced through the U.S. Department of Defense official website at http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/.  The announcements are made on the Web site no earlier than 24 hours after notification of the service member’s primary next of kin.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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