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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 372-03
May 27, 2003

DOD IDENTIFIES ARMY CASUALTY

The Department of Defense announced today that Maj. Mathew E. Schram, 36, of Wisconsin, was killed May 26, in Hadithah, Iraq. Schram was killed while traveling in a military convoy on a resupply mission when they encountered enemy fire.

Schram was assigned to the HHT Support Squadron 3rd ACR, Fort Carson, Colo.