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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 613-03
August 21, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. Kenneth W. Harris, Jr., 23, of Charlotte, Tenn., was killed on Aug. 20 in Scania, Iraq.  Harris was fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident while driving south on the main supply route.  Another soldier was also injured in the incident.

 

Harris was assigned to the 212th Transportation Company, U.S. Army Reserve, Chattanooga, Tenn.

 

The incident is under investigation.