Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCC:
No. 479-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2007
Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public/Industry(703) 428-0711

DoD Identifies Army Casualty


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Cpl. Ray M. Bevel, 22, of Andrews, Texas, died Apr. 21 in Yusifiyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat patrol operations.Bevel was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the Fort Drum public affairs office at (315) 772-8286.
--Spencer Ackerman
Three hundred dead in the short lifespan of this blog? That helps put the rate of KIA in perspective. Another from the 10th as well. The Watertown area has been hit pretty hard since Afghanistan.

Another sad milestone...
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