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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 795-08
September 22, 2008

DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

             The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
 
            Maj. Rodolfo I. Rodriguez, 34, of El Paso, Texas, died Sept. 20 in Islamabad, Pakistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 86th Construction & Training Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
 
            For further information related to this release, please contact the Ramstein Air Base public affairs office at 49-6371-47-9196.