This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Desjardins Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GNS.2ACEB/242 Message Board Post: On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10160 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1127-06 November 07, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Douglas C. Desjardins, 24, of Mesa, Ariz., died Nov. 5 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during combat operations. Desjardins was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Ray Barracks, Giessen, Germany. For further information related to this release, contact the 1st Armored Division public affairs office at 011-49-611-705-4862. ***Not my family just passin' on.