Pentagon Identifies Navy Casualty (OIF)

News in Balance:

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009 -- The following news release made available Friday 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 Iraqi Freedom.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton, 37, of Freeport, Ill., died Nov. 19 in Kuwait in a non-combat accident.

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