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DOD Identifies Three Army Casualties, July 25, 2013


Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. 

They died July 23, in Soltan Kheyl, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.  They were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. 

Killed were:

1st Lt. Jonam Russell, 25, of Cornville, Ariz., 

Sgt. Stefan M. Smith, 24 of Glennville, Ga., and 

Spc. Rob L. Nichols, 24, of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Source: defense.gov

 


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