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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 537-03
July 23, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

          The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. Brett T. Christian, 27, North Royalton, Ohio, was killed on July 23 in Mosul, Iraq.  Christian was in a convoy that came under attack by rocket propelled grenades.

          Christian was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Div., Fort Campbell, Ky.

          For more information media may contact the Fort Campbell public affairs office at (270) 798-9966.