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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 394-03
June 04, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. Atanacio Haromarin, 27, of Baldwin Park, Calif., was killed on June 3, south of Balad, Iraq.  Haromarin was manning a checkpoint when his unit came under enemy fire from rocket propelled grenades and small arms.

 

Haromarin was assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.