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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 175-03
March 30, 2003

DOD IDENTIFIES SOLDIER KILLED IN ACCIDENT

The Department of Defense announced today the identity of an Army soldier killed when a Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled off a cliff in a non-hostile accident Friday in Iraq.

Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon , 32, from Fayetteville, N.C., was assigned to the 2-7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Stewart, Ga.

The accident is under investigation.