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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 038-11
January 15, 2011

DOD Identifies Army Casualty

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

             Sgt. Zainah C. Creamer, 28, of Texarkana, Texas, died Jan. 12, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit with an improvised explosive device.  She was assigned to the 212th Military Police Detachment, Headquaters Battalion, Fort Belvoir, Va.

             For more information, the media may contact the Fort Belvoir public affairs office at 703-805-5001.