DoD Identifies Army Casualty
August 07, 2003

The Department of Defense announced today that Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman, 35, of Freeport, Minn., was killed on Aug. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq.  An Iraqi vehicle opened fire on Hellerman’s unit.  He died of injuries received during the ambush.

Hellerman was assigned to C Company, 2^nd Battalion, 325^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

There were two soldiers killed during this ambush.  The identity of the second soldier is being withheld pending next of kin notification.