DoD Identifies Army Casualty
June 06, 2003

The Department of Defense announced today that Pfc. Branden F. Oberleitner, 20, of Worthington, Ohio, was killed on June 5 in Al Fallujah, Iraq.  Oberleitner was returning from a dismounted patrol when the element was fired upon by a rifle propelled grenade.

Oberleitner was assigned to Company B, 2^nd Battalion, 502^nd Infantry Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.