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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 237-03
April 13, 2003

DOD ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN ARMY CASUALTY STATUS

The Department of Defense announced today the changed status of seven soldiers from Prisoner of War to Returned to Military Control. Williams and Young are assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The other soldiers are assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas. They are:

Spc. Edgar A. Hernandez, 21, of Mission, Texas

Spc. Joseph N. Hudson, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M.

Spc. Shoshana N. Johnson, 30, of El Paso, Texas

Pfc. Patrick W. Miller, 23, of Walter, Kan.

Sgt. James J. Riley, 31, of Pennsauken, N.J.

Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams, 30, of Fla.

Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, of Lithia Springs, Ga.