IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 100-06
February 3, 2006
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DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Walter B. Howard, II, 35, of Rochester, Mich., died in
Balad, Iraq, on Feb. 2, of injuries sustained earlier that day in Ashraf,
Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1 Abrams tank.
Howard was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.