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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 717-03
September 30, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today that Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall, 30, of McConnellsburg, Pa., was killed on Sept. 29 west of Baghdad, Iraq.  Cutchall was traveling in a convoy when an improvised explosive device detonated as his vehicle passed by.  He died of injuries sustained in the incident.

 

Cutchall was assigned to Delta Troop , 4th Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kan.  

 

The incident is under investigation.