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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 789-08
September 18, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
            Capt. Darrick D. Wright, 37, of Nashville, Tenn., died Sept. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat related illness. He was assigned to the 926th Engineer Brigade, Montgomery, Ala.
 
            For more information, media may contact the 412th Engineer Command, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at (601) 631-6102.