Friday, May 25, 2007
The morning paper's ink stains my fingers: CCCXLIX:
No. 639-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 24, 2007
Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public/Industry(703) 428-0711

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.They died May 22 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their unit.They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

Killed were:

Staff Sgt. Kristopher A. Higdon, 25, of Odessa, Texas.

Pfc. Robert A. Worthington, 19, of Jackson, Ga.

For more information in regard to this release the media can contact the Fort Lewis public affairs office at (253) 967-0152 or (253) 967-0147.
--Spencer Ackerman