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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 964-07
August 05, 2007

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
            Master Sgt. Julian Ingles Rios, 52, of Anasco, Puerto Rico, died Aug. 2 in Baghdad when his HMMWV was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 130th Engineer Battalion, of the Puerto Rico National Guard, at Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
 
            For more information related to this release, the media may contact the Puerto Rico Army National Guard public affairs office at (787) 289-1474 // 1475 // 1479 or (787) 671-8808.