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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 832-09
October 26, 2009

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

           The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died Oct. 23 in Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device.  The soldiers were assigned to the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.

 

            Killed were:

 

            Spc. Eric N. Lembke, 25, of Tampa, Fla.

 

            Pfc. Kimble A. Han, 30, of Lehi, Utah.

 

            For more information media may contact the Fort Carson public affairs office at (719) 526-7525; after hours (719) 526-5500.