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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 273-08
April 05, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

 

                Sgt. Nicholas A. Robertson, 27, of Old Town, Maine, died April 3 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered April 2 while conducting dismounted combat operations in the Zahn Khan District, Afghanistan.

 

                He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.

 

                For more information related to this release, the media may contact the U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005 or visit http://news.soc.mil.