United States Department of Defense

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

                Sgt. 1st Class William B. Woods Jr., 31, of Chesapeake, Va., died Aug. 16 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when he was shot Aug. 14 while on patrol in Ghanzi, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Glen Arm, Md.

                For more information media may contact the U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005; after hours (910) 689-6187, or visit http://news.soc.mil .