DoD Identifies Army Casualty
May 19, 2004

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

Spc. Marcos O. Nolasco, 34, of Chino, Calif., died May 18 in Baji, Iraq, as a result of an electrocution accident. Nolasco was assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Bamberg, Germany.

The incident is under investigation.

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