DoD Identifies Army Casualty
October 27, 2005

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

Cpl. Benjamin D. Hoeffner, 21, of Wheat Ridge, Colo., died in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, on Oct. 25, of a non-combat related cause. Hoeffner was assigned to the Army Reserve’s 324th Psychological Operations Company, Aurora, Colo.

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