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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 615-03
August 21, 2003

DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Tapper, 32, of Camden County, N.J., died of wounds received in action Aug. 20 in Afghanistan.