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DOD Identifies Additional Army Casualty, January 17, 2011


Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn.

Spc. Jose A. Torre, Jr., 21, of Garden Grove, Calif., died Jan.15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade.  He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

Source: defense.gov

 


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