IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 298-06
April 11, 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.
Pfc. Joseph I. Love, 22, of North Pole, Alaska, died in Balad,
Iraq, on April 9, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
HMMWV during convoy operations. Love was assigned to the 84th Engineer
Combat Battalion (Heavy), 8th Sustainment Command (Theater), Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii.