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Surnames: Castro
Classification: Death
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No. 038-04
IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2004
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro, 26, of San Antonio, Texas, died Jan. 16, in Camp
Cedar II, Iraq, of a non-hostile gunshot wound. Castro was assigned to Battery A, 1st
Battalion, 12th Field Artillery, based at Fort Sill, Okla.
The incident is under investigation.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040120-0923.html
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