DoD Identifies Army Casualty
March 05, 2005

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Jones, 43, of Unity, Maine, died March 3 in Syracuse, N.Y., of a non-combat related illness. He had just returned from duty in Iraq. Jones was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion, Belfast, Maine.

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