IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1334-05
December 28, 2005
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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. Dominic R. Coles, 25, of Jesup, Ga., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on
Dec. 26, when his HMMWV came under attack during combat operations by enemy
forces using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. Coles
was assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo