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U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060116-12316.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 040-06 January 16, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died near Al Sukar, Iraq, on Jan. 13, when their OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Killed were: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mitchell K. Carver, Jr., 31, of Charlotte, N.C. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle E. Jackson, 28, of Sarasota, Fla. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060115-12315.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 039-06 January 15, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DoD Identifies Navy Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Petty Officer First Class Michael Anthony Jordan, 35, of Augusta, Ga., died in an automobile accident Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, in Manama, Bahrain. Jordan was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 50, Bahrain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------