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DOD Identifies a Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Jason T. Smith, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Nov. 19 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
He was assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Marine Corps Bases Japan, Iwakuni, Japan.
For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the MCAS Iwakuni public affairs office at 011-81-0827-79-5551 or e-mail them at iwakuni.pao@usmc.mil.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of 3 Solders who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Loleni W. Gandy, 36, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, died Nov. 19 in Balad, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident.
He was assigned to the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Des Moines, Iowa.
For more information, media should contact the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command public affairs office at 515-867-9858 or 515-285-4692, ext. 3071..
Sgt. David J. Luff Jr., 29, of Hamilton, Ohio, died Nov. 21 in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
For more information, media should contact the 25th Infantry Division public affairs office at 808-655-6361 or 808-655-6343.
Spc. David S. Robinson, 25, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Nov. 20 in Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related accident.
He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
For more information, media should contact U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs at ocpa.pi@eur.army.mil or at 011-49-6221-57-3369.