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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 864-03
November 18, 2003

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

 

            Capt. James A. Shull, 32, of California, was killed on Nov. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq.   Shull died from a non-hostile gunshot wound.

 

            Shull was assigned to Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

 

            The incident is under investigation.