Saturday, March 17, 2007

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

No. 300-07 [B] March 17, 2007
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Joshua M. Boyd, 30, of Seattle, died March 14th at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device exploded near his unit Marc 5th in Samarra, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
For further information on this soldier, contact the 82nd Airborne Division public affairs office at (910) 432-0661.

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