DoD Identifies Army Casualty
June 10, 2005

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

Sgt. Roberto Arizola, Jr., 31, of Laredo, Texas, died June 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV. Arizola was assigned to the Army’s 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Gordon, Ga.

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