IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 128-06
February 9, 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. Allen D. Kokesh Jr., 21, of Yankton, S. D., died at Brooke Army Medical
Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 7 of injuries sustained in Baghdad,
Iraq, on Dec. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
HMMWV. Kokesh was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion,
147th Field Artillery, Yankton, S. D.