Sunday, May 29, 2011

DOD Identifies Army Casualties

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 448-11
May 28, 2011



            The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of six soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
            They died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.  They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
            Killed were:
            1st Lt. John M. Runkle, 27, of West Salem, Ohio;
            Staff Sgt. Edward D. Mills Jr., 29, of New Castle, Pa.;
            Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman, 35, of Jacksonville, N.C.;
            Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall, 25, of Bel Aire, Kan.;
            Sgt. Louie A. Ramos Velazquez, 39, of Camuy, Puerto Rico; and
            Spc. Adam J. Patton, 21, of Port Orchard, Wash.

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