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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 589-07
May 15, 2007

DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
            Staff Sgt. John T. Self, 29, of Pontotoc, Miss., died May 14 as result of enemy action near Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 314th Security Forces Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.
 
            For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the Little Rock AFB public affairs office at (501) 987-3601.