This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davies Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HNR.2ACEB/1334 Message Board Post: No. 669-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2004 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Shawn M. Davies, 22, of Aliquippa, Pa., died July 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat related illness. Davies was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation. For further information related to this release contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040713-1021.html