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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 162-03
March 27, 2003

DOD IDENTIFIES SAILOR KILLED IN IRAQ

The Department of Defense announced today the identity of a sailor killed in action March 25 in Iraq. Hospital Corpsman Third Class (Fleet Marine Force) Michael Vann Johnson, Jr., 25, of Little Rock, Ark., was assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, First Marine Division Detachment, San Diego.