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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 177-03
March 30, 2003

DOD IDENTIFIES SOLDIER MISSING IN IRAQ

The Department of Defense announced today the identity of an Army soldier listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) after his convoy was ambushed March 23 in Iraq. Spc. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, is assigned to the 3rd Combat Support Battalion out of Fort Stewart, Ga. Anguiano is from Brownsville, Texas.

The incident is under investigation.