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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 890-08
October 21, 2008

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

 
            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.  
 
            Spc. Justin A. Saint, 22, of Albertville, Ala., died Oct. 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.
 
            The incident is under investigation.
 
            For more information media may contact the XVIII Airborne Corps public affairs office at (910) 396-5600 or (910) 396-5620.