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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 463-03
June 27, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Richard P. Orengo, 32, of Puerto Rico, was killed on June 26 in An Najif, Iraq.  Orengo was shot and died of injuries he received.

 

            Orengo was assigned to the 755th Military Police Company, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.