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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 444-03
June 23, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Orenthial J. Smith, 21, of Allendale, S.C., was killed on June 22, in Baghdad, Iraq.  Smith was in a convoy that was ambushed by small arms fire.

Smith was assigned to Company A, 123rd Main Support Battalion, Dexheim, Germany.