IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 274-06
April 4, 2006
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DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor
who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Hospitalman Geovani Padilla Aleman, 20, of South Gate, Calif.,
died Apr. 2 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was
permanently assigned to Bethesda Naval Hospital, USNS Comfort Detachment and
operationally assigned to Third Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, 2/28
Brigade Combat Team.