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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 581-09
August 04, 2009

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device Aug. 2 in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan.
 
            Killed were:
 
            Capt. Ronald G. Luce Jr., 27, of Fayetteville, N.C.;
 
            Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Granado, 42, of Fairfax, Va.; and
 
            Sgt. 1st Class Severin W. Summers III, 43, of Bentonia, Miss.
 
            All three soldiers were members of the Mississippi Army National Guard, and assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Jackson, Miss.
 
            For more information media may contact the U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005; after hours (910) 689-6187, or visit http://news.soc.mil .