DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty
November 10, 2004

. The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Master Sgt. Steven E. Auchman, 37, of Waterloo, N.Y., died Nov. 9 from injuries received when multiple rocket propelled grenades struck his location in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Lewis, Wash.

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