DoD Identifies casualties May 17, 2005
DoD Identifies casualties.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on May 14, in Yusufiyah, Iraq, when their aircraft was shot down during combat operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed were: Maj. Matthew W. Worrel, 34, of Lewisville, Texas. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47 of Daleville, Ala.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 15, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during combat patrol operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., 29, of Baltimore, Md. Pfc. Grant A. Dampier, 25, of Merrill, Wis.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Capt. Shane R. Mahaffee, 36, of Alexandria, Va., died on May 15, in Ludwigshafen, Germany, of injuries sustained on May 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat patrol operations in Al Hillah, Iraq. Mahaffee was assigned to the Army Reserve's 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tenn.
