IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 160-06
February 22, 2006
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DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine
who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Jay T. Collado, 31, of Columbia, S.C., died Feb. 20
from an improvised explosive device near Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to
Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron-267, Marine Aircraft Group-39, 3rd
Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was attached to the U.S. Army's 4th
Infantry Division.