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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 304-10
April 16, 2010

DOD Identifies Army Casualty

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

          Pfc. Jonathon D. Hall, 23, of Chattanooga, Tenn., died April 8, at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device at Contingency Outpost Khayr-Kot-Castle, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

          For more information media may contact the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) - 270-798-9966 or http://www.campbell.army.mil/eaglehonors/Pages/EagleHonorsHome.aspx .