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DoD Identifies Army Casualties, July 28, 2014


Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 28, 2014. The Department of Defense announced the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Killed were:

Staff Sgt. Benjamin G. Prange, 30, of Hickman, Neb.; and

Keith M. Williams, 19, of Visalia, Calif.

They died July 24, in Mirugol Kalay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. These soldiers were assigned 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Donnell A. Hamilton, Jr., 20, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died July 24, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, from an illness sustained in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Source: defense.gov


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