Saturday, May 02, 2009

DoD Identifies Marine - Navy - Army Casualties

No. 291-09 May 01, 2009
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

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

Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler J. Trahan, 22, of East Freetown, Mass., died on April 30th while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq. Trahan was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Twelve in Norfolk, Va., and was deployed with an East Coast based Navy SEAL team.

For further information related to this release, contact Naval Special Warfare Group Two Public Affairs at (757) 462-2282.


No. 290-09 May 01, 2009
DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The following Marines died April 30th while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq:
Sgt. James R. McIlvaine, 26, of Olney, Md.
Staff Sgt. Mark A. Wojciechowski, 25, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sgt. McIlvaine was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Staff Sgt. Wojciechowski was assigned to 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For additional background information on Sgt. McIlvaine, news media representatives may contact the 1st Marine Division public affairs office at (760) 763-5397.
For additional background information on Staff Sgt. Wojciechowski, news media representatives may contact the 1st Marine Logistics Group public affairs office at (760) 763-5966.


No. 292-09 May 02, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

Sgt. Christopher D. Loza, 24, of Abilene, Texas, died April 10, 2009, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of a non-combat related illness after becoming ill 17th March in Radwaniyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Waco, Texas.

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