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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 969-07
August 06, 2007

DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
            Tech. Sgt. Joey D. Link, 29, of Portland, Tenn., died of natural causes at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Aug. 5.  He was assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

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