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Pfc. Benjamin B. Tollefson of Concord, Calif., died Dec. 31, 2008

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Pfc. Benjamin B. Tollefson of Concord, Calif., died Dec. 31, 2008

RIP_08  (View posts) Posted: 6 Jan 2009 1:37PM GMT
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 003-08
January 02, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

Pfc. Benjamin B. Tollefson, 22, of Concord, Calif., died Dec. 31 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire in Ghazaliya. Tollefson was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

For more information media may contact the Fort Riley public affairs office at (785) 239-3410; after hours (785) 375-7217.

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