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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 605-08
July 16, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

 

                Staff Sgt. Jeremy D. Vrooman, 28, of Sioux Falls, S.D., died Jul 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while his unit was conducting combat operations in Kn'an, Iraq.  He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Vilseck, Germany.

 

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