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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 441-03
June 20, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Paul T. Nakamura, 21, of Santa Fe Springs, Calif. died on June 19 in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq.  Nakamura was part of an ambulance crew transporting an injured soldier when the vehicle was hit by an RPG.

Nakamura was assigned to 437th Medical Company, based in Colorado Springs, Colo.