MORE CENTCOM NEWS RELEASES

July 26, 2003
Release Number: 03-07-81

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN ATTACK

BAGHDAD, Iraq – One soldier was killed and two were wounded when their convoy was attacked with small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and possibly an improvised explosive device on Highway 10 near Abu Ghuraib on July 26 at approximately
1:05 p.m.

The soldiers were with an engineer unit attached to the 3rd Infantry Division. Two soldiers were evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital for emergency treatment where one subsequently died and the other is in stable condition. A third soldier was treated on site and returned to duty.

Three Iraqis were also wounded in the attack.

Names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

An investigation is currently underway.


July 27, 2003
Release Number: 03-07-82

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ONE KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN RPG ATTACK

BAGHDAD, Iraq – One soldier was killed and one was wounded July 27 at approximately 2:30 a.m. when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the patrol they were on in the northern Babil province near the village of Al Haswah.

The soldiers, attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were evacuated to 28th Combat Support Hospital.

The soldiers' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.


July 27, 2003
Release Number: 03-07-83

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CLARIFICATION REGARDING DESCRIPTION OF CASUALTY

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Press release 03-07-82 dated July 27, 2003 regarding a soldier killed in a rocket-propelled attack in the northern province of Babil near the village of Al Haswah described the soldier as being attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

This casualty was a soldier in the U.S. Army and therefore should not be described as a Marine, but as a soldier.