DoD Identifies Army Casualty
May 13, 2005

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

Staff Sgt. Samuel T. Castle, 26, of Naples, Texas, died May 11 in Al Asad, Iraq, from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device detonation. Castle was assigned to the Army’s 327th Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade, Fort Bragg. N. C.

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