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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 525-01
October 18, 2001

DOD CASUALTY UPDATE

The Department of Defense confirmed today that Ms. Meta L. Waller, a Department of the Army civilian, 60, of Alexandria, Va., was killed as a result of the attack on the Pentagon. This brings to 116 the number of unaccounted victims positively identified, not including the individual who later succumbed to wounds suffered in the attack.

As a result of the attack, 125 people were killed or remain unaccounted, not including the 64 passengers on the plane. To date, 118 remains have been recovered and transported to Dover Air Force Base, Del., for identification.