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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 133-06
February 14, 2006

DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

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

 

            Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Wilson, 25, of Newark Valley, N.Y., died Feb. 12 as a result of an improvised explosive device in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.  He was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three, based in San Diego, Calif.

 

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