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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 639-04
July 06, 2004

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spc. Julie R. Hickey, 20, of Galloway, Ohio, was evacuated from Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 30 and died in Landstuhl, Germany, on July 4 of complications from a non-combat related illness. Hickey was assigned to the Army Reserves 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Whitehall, Ohio.

The incident is under investigation.

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