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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1211-04
November 24, 2004

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. David L. Roustum, 22, of West Seneca, N.Y., died Nov. 20 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his up-armored HMMWV was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Roustum was assigned to the Army National Guards 1st Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, Tonawanda, N.Y.

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