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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 631-03
August 27, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Darryl T. Dent, 21, of Washington, D.C., was killed on August 26 in Southeast Arimadi, Iraq.  Dent was in a convoy when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle.  Dent died of his injuries.

 

Dent was assigned to the 547th Transportation Company, U.S. Army National Guard, based in Washington, D.C.

 

This incident is under investigation.