Thursday, February 09, 2012

US Soldier killed during patrol in northern Iraq

RELEASE No. 20100816-01
Aug. 16, 2010

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – One United States Forces - Iraq Soldier was killed when a patrol was attacked in Baqubah, Diyala province yesterday.  
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 incident is under investigation.

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