IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1172-10
December 21, 2010
DOD Identifies Army Casualty

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

Pfc. Conrado D. Javier Jr., 19, of Marina, Calif., died Dec. 19 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

For more information, media should contact the US Army Europe public affairs office at 011-49-6221-57-7584 or email ocpa.pi@eur.army.mil .

U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

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