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May 29, 2004
Release Number: 04-05-44C
FOUR SERVICE MEMBERS DIE IN AFGHANISTAN
ZABOL PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - Four U.S. service members assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan were killed in action today here in southern Afghanistan.
Names will not be released until notification of next of kin is complete.
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May 29, 2004
Release Number: 04-05-46C
SOLDIER KILLED BY MORTAR ATTACK
BALAD, Iraq - An 81st Brigade Combat Team Soldier assigned to Task Force 1/185 was killed on May 25 in a mortar attack at a base south of Baghdad.
Nine Soldiers were also injured in the attack.
Eight were taken to the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad for treatment and one was treated at the forward operating base.
The name of the Solider killed is withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
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May 29, 2004
Release Number: 04-05-45C
STRYKER BRIGADE SOLDIER DIES FROM NON-HOSTILE INCIDENT
MOSUL, Iraq - A Stryker Brigade Soldier, under the operational control of Task Force Olympia in Mosul, died Friday, May 27.
The death was not due to enemy action.
The incident is under investigation.
The name of the Soldier is withheld pending notification of next of kin.
May 29, 2004
Release Number: 04-05-47C
THREE MARINES KILLED IN ACTION
CAMP FALLUJAH -- Three Marines assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force were killed in action May 29, in the Al Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations.
The names of the deceased are being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
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Special Forces
81st Brigade Combat Team
Stryker Brigade Combat Team
I Marine Expeditionary Force
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TAPS
Day is done,
gone to the sun
from the lakes, from the hills,
from the sky.
All is well, safely rest.
God is high.
Thanks and praise,
for our days
'neath the sun, 'neath the stars,
'neath the sky,
As we go, this we know,
God is nigh.
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God bless our troops.