Press Release 20110423-01
April 23, 2011

BAGHDAD - Two U.S. service members were killed yesterday while conducting operations in southern Iraq.

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

The names of deceased service members are announced through the U.S.

Department of Defense official website http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/.
The announcements are published on the website no earlier than 24 hours following notification of the service member's primary next of kin.