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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 009-02
January 04, 2002

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IDENTIFIES SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION

The Department of Defense announced today that Army Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in action in Afghanistan as the result of enemy fire.