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IMMEDIATE RELEASENo. 260-07
March 07, 2007
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who
was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Darrel D. Kasson, 43, of Florence, Ariz., died Mar. 4 in
Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle at Bayji, Iraq. He was assigned to the 259th
Security Forces Company, Phoenix.
For more information on this soldier, contact the Arizona Army
National Guard public affairs office at (602) 267-2550.