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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 796-03
October 29, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

            Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld, 19, of Waupun, Wis., was killed Oct. 26 in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. Bosveld was fatally injured during a mortar attack on the Abu Ghraib Police Station.

 

            Bosveld was assigned to the 527th Military Police Company, V Corps, Giesen, Germany.

 

            The incident is under investigation.