This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byers, Prince Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UFH.2ACEB/917 Message Board Post: No. 597-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died June 11 in Al Taqaddum, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their military vehicle. Killed were: Spc. Casey Byers, 22, of Schleswig, Iowa. Byers was assigned to the Army National Guard's 224th Engineer Battalion, Ottumwa, Iowa. Sgt. 1st Class Neil A. Prince, 35, of Baltimore, Md. Prince was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050613-3684.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, Iike any obituary this post is meant as genealogical memorial to the life of a human being. No political viewpoint is being express.