IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1304-07
November 12, 2007
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DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died of wounds sustained when their patrol was attacked by direct fire from enemy forces in Aranus, Afghanistan, on Nov 9. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.Killed were:
1st Lt. Matthew C. Ferrara, 24, of Torrance, Calif., who died Nov. 9 in Aranus.Sgt. Jeffery S. Mersman, 23, of Parker, Kan., who died Nov. 10 in Aranus.
Spc. Sean K. A. Langevin, 23, of Walnut Creek, Calif., who died Nov. 9 in Aranus.
Spc. Lester G. Roque, 23, of Torrance, Calif., who died Nov. 10 in Aranus.
Pfc. Joseph M. Lancour, 21, of Swartz Creek, Mich., who died Nov. 10 in Aranus.
For more information related to this release, the media may contact the Southern European Task Force public affairs office at 011-39-0444-71-7011 or 011-39-0444-71-8020.
In this war, that's a lot of dead on our side for one fight.
Via Murray comes the rest of the story.
Unfortunately the story (down in New Zealand, where Murray lives) is all about him being the nephew of our defence minister. This is NOT a military tie as stated, Phil Goff never spent a day of his life in uniform and is best known for being pictured holding hands with arafat.]]>This is about one Lt Matthew Ferrara.