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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 609-04
June 25, 2004

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

Staff Sgt. Charles A. Kiser, 37, of Cleveland, Wis., died 24 June, in Mosul, Iraq, when a car bomb exploded near the gate where he was standing guard duty. Kiser was assigned to the Army Reserve's 330th Military Police Detachment, Sheboygan, Wis.

The incident is under investigation.

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