This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Buie, McHalffey, Marcum Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0V.2ADE/2304 Message Board Post: No. 024-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Jan. 4 in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive devise detonated near their military vehicle. Killed were: Cpl. Jimmy D. Buie, 43, of Floral, Ark. Buie was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Fordyce, Ark. Spc. Jeremy W. McHalffey, 28, of Mabelvale, Ark. McHalffey was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade, Little Rock, Ark. Spc. Joshua S. Marcum, 33, of Evening Shade, Ark. Marcum was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Camden, Ark. For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050107-1939.html POSTER'S DISCLAIMER: I have no connection to this person. Posting is intended as an act of genealogical kindness. This post is not a political statement. Like any obituary this post is meant as a genealogical memorial to the life of a human being. No political viewpoint is being express.