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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 958-07
August 02, 2007

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

Cpl. Jason M. Kessler, 29, of Mount Vernon, Wash., died July 30 in northern Iraq of wounds suffered from a rocket-propelled grenade.  He was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.

 

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