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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 302-03
May 05, 2003

DOD IDENTIFIES ARMY CASUALTY

The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds, 25, of East Lansing, Mich., was killed on May 3, 2003, in Iraq. Reynolds was climbing a ladder when he fell causing his M4 rifle to accidentally discharge.

Reynolds was assigned to the 74th Long-Range Surveillance Detachment 173rd Airborne Brigade, in Camp Ederle, Italy.

The incident is under investigation.