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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 983-09
December 16, 2009

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty

                The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
 
                Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr., 35, of Florence, Ky., died Dec. 15 of wounds suffered from the detonation of an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.  Campbell was assigned to the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
 
                For further information media can contact the Scott Air Force Base public affairs office at 618-229-7024.