IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 034-06
January 12, 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.
Sgt. Michael J. McMullen, 25, of Salisbury, Md., died at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10 of injuries
sustained in Ramadi, Iraq on Dec. 24, when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his position. McMullen was assigned to the Army National
Guard's 243rd Engineer Company, Baltimore, Md.