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NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense



No. 181-03

(703)697-5131(media)

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 1, 2003

(703)428-0711(public/industry)



DOD IDENTIFIES ARMY CASUALTY



The Department of Defense announced today the identity of an

Army soldier listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN)

after his convoy was ambushed March 23 in Iraq. Sgt. George

Edward Buggs, 31, is assigned to the 3rd Forward Support

Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. Buggs is

from Barnwell, S.C.



The incident is under investigation.



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