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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 670-07
May 30, 2007

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  They died May 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol.  They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

 

Killed were:

 

Staff Sgt. Thomas M. McFall, 36, of Glendora, Calif.

 

Pfc. Junior Cedeno Sanchez, 20, of Miami, Fla.

 

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