CENTCOM NEWS RELEASE

September 9, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ONE 3RD COSCOM SOLDIER KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK

BAGHDAD, Iraq – One 3rd Corp Support Command soldier was killed and one was wounded in an improvised explosive device attack on their military vehicle along a major supply route northeast of Baghdad at approximately 5 p.m. on Sep. 9.

The wounded soldier was evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital for treatment.

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

The incident is under investigation.