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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 0321-08
April 19, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
            Staff Sgt. Jason L. Brown, 29, of Magnolia, Texas, died April 17 in Sama Village, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked using small arms fire and grenades. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
 
            For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005, or go to http://news.soc.mil/