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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 048-10
January 20, 2010

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

 

Tech. Sgt. Adam K. Ginett, 29, of Knightdale, N.C., died Jan. 19 near Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device.  He was assigned to the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy.

 

For more information related to this release, please contact the Aviano Air Base public affairs office at 011-39-0434-30-7555.