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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 764-03
October 17, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

      The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Michael L. Williams, 46, of Buffalo, N.Y., was killed on October 17, 2003, along MSR Jackson, near Baghdad, Iraq.  Williams was killed in action when his vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device.  He died as a result of his injuries.

 

      Williams was assigned to the 105th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, based in New York.

 

      The incident is under investigation.