DOD IDENTIFIES ARMY CASUALTY

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09/14/2013 01:05 PM CDT


IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 654-13
September 14, 2013

DOD IDENTIFIES ARMY CASUALTY

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

Staff Sgt. Robert E. Thomas Jr., 24, of Fontana, Calif., died Sept. 13, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds suffered during a non-combat related incident on April 21, 2013, in Maiwand, Afghanistan.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Fort Bliss, Texas

For more information, media may contact the Fort Bliss public affairs office at 915-472-0287.

 

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