United States Department of Defense

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 1 in Mushan Village, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked their patrol with improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12^th Infantry Regiment, 4^th Brigade Combat Team, 4^th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

 

            Killed were:

 

            Cpl. Jonathan M. Walls, 27, of West Lawn, Penn.;

 

            Pfc. Richard K. Jones, 21, of Roxboro, N.C.; and

 

            Pvt. Patrick S. Fitzgibbon, 19, of Knoxville, Tenn.

 

            For more information related to this release, media may contact the Fort Carson public affairs office at (719) 526-4143; after hours (719) 526-5500.