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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 667-08
August 06, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Aug. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when debris from an improvised explosive device detonation on an overpass fell onto their vehicle. They were assigned to the 38th Military Police Company, 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard, Danville, Ind.
 
            Killed were:
 
            Sgt. Gary M. Henry, 34, of Indianapolis, Ind.
 
            Spc. Jonathan D. Menke, 22, of Madison, Ind.
 
            For more information media may contact the Indiana National Guard public affairs office at (317) 247-3222.