DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
October 07, 2008

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

Col. Michael R. Stahlman, 45, of Chevy Chase, Md., died Oct. 5 from injuries sustained in a July 31 non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

The incident is currently under investigation.

For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the MCAGCC Twentynine Palms public affairs office at (760) 830-6213.