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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 271-08
April 04, 2008

DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
            Staff Sgt. Travis L. Griffin, 28, of Dover, Del., died April 3 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.  He was assigned to the 377th Security Forces Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
 
            For further information related to this release, please contact the Kirtland Air Force Base public affairs office at (505) 846-5991.