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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 547-08
June 29, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

 

            Staff Sgt. Travis K. Hunsberger, 24, of Goshen, Ind., died on June 27 of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device while on combat patrol near Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.

 

            For more information related to this release, the media may contact U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005; (910) 689-6187 after hours, or visit http://news.soc.mil.