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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 575-11
July 02, 2011

DOD Identifies Army Casualties

            The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn.

            They died June 29 in Badrah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire.  They were assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

             Killed were:

            Capt. David E. Van Camp, 29, of Wheeling, W.Va.; and

            Spc. Robert G. Tenney Jr., 29, Warner Robins, Ga.

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