April 5, 2004
Release Number: 04-04-08C
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UPDATE ON COALITION CASUALTIES
BAGHDAD,
Iraq - An eighth Task Force 1st Armored Division Soldier died of wounds received during a small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attack Sunday evening in Sadr City.
More than two dozen Soldiers were wounded in the April 4 attack.
In a separate incident Sunday, reports of a U.S. Soldier's death in An Najaf are not correct. One U.S. Soldier was wounded, April 4, when a large number of men, many dressed in black, attacked a Coalition base with small-arms fire in An Najaf.
The Soldiers' names are being withheld pending next of kin notification.


ONE MARINE KILLED IN ACTION 4/5/2004
TASK FORCE OLYMPIA SOLDIER KILLED 4/5/2004
ONE U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN ATTACK 4/5/2004