This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Franklin, Bossert Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJF.2ACEB/95 Message Board Post: No. 242-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died March 7, in Ramadi, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near their screening area. The two men were assigned to the Army’s 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea. The soldiers were: Sgt. Andrew L. Bossert, 24, of Fountain City, Wis., Pfc. Michael W. Franklin, 22, of Coudersport, Pa. For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050309-2202.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.