DoD Identifies Army Casualties
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11707
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:14:00 -0600

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE  No. 144-08
February 22, 2008  
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DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Feb. 20 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Baghdad on Feb. 19. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
 
Killed were:
 
Sgt. Conrad Alvarez, 22, of Big Spring, Texas.
 
Cpl. Albert Bitton, 20, of Chicago.
 
Spc. Micheal B. Matlock, Jr., 21, of Glen Burnie, Md.
 
For more information media may contact the Fort Campbell public affairs office at (270) 798-9966.

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

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Media Contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public Contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1.

DoD Identifies Army Casualties
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11707
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:14:00 -0600

________________________________

IMMEDIATE RELEASE  No. 144-08
February 22, 2008  
________________________________

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Feb. 20 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Baghdad on Feb. 19. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
 
Killed were:
 
Sgt. Conrad Alvarez, 22, of Big Spring, Texas.
 
Cpl. Albert Bitton, 20, of Chicago.
 
Spc. Micheal B. Matlock, Jr., 21, of Glen Burnie, Md.
 
For more information media may contact the Fort Campbell public affairs office at (270) 798-9966.

________________________________

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

On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/

Media Contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public Contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1.