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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 174-03
March 30, 2003

DOD ANNOUNCES ARMY CASUALTIES

The Department of Defense announced today the identification of the following four soldiers who were involved in a March 29th car-bomb incident and were killed in action. They are:

Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, of Palm Bay, Fla. He was assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Cpl. Michael Edward Curtin, 23, of Howell, N.J. He was assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, of Conyers, Ga. He was assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, of Highland, N.Y. He was assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.