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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 400-03
June 09, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Pvt. Jesse M. Halling, 19, of Indianapolis, Ind., was killed on June 7, 2003, in Tikrit, Iraq. Halling was at a military police station when his section received rocket propelled grenade and small arms fire. The soldier received a fatal gunshot wound.

Halling was assigned to 401st Military Police Company, Fort Hood, Texas.

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