DoD Identifies Army Casualty
April 11, 2006

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

Pfc. Joseph I. Love, 22, of North Pole, Alaska, died in Balad, Iraq, on April 9, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during convoy operations. Love was assigned to the 84th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 8th Sustainment Command (Theater), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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