DoD Identifies Army Casualty
December 31, 2005

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

Cpl. George A. Lutz, II, 25, of Virginia Beach, Va., died in Fallujah, Iraq, on Dec. 29, when his dismounted patrol was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. Lutz was assigned to the Army’s 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychologial Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

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