Pentagon Identifies Navy Casualty (OEF)

News in Balance:

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2009 -- The following news release made available Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense is the text of a statement identifying a casualty:

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Andrew Scott Charpentier, 21, of Great Falls, Mont., died July 23 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., from a non-combat related illness incurred while assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

(Report from a U.S. Defense Department news release.)

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