DoD Identifies Army Casualty
June 02, 2005

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

Sgt.1st Class Virgil R. Case, 37, of Mountain Home, Idaho, died June 1 in Kirkuk, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries. Case was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 145th Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team, Mountain Home, Idaho.

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