This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Love Classification: death Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.love/3604/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10269 Media contact: 1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or 1 (703) 428-0711 1 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1251-06 December 07, 2006 DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Robert L. Love Jr., 28, of Meridian, Miss., died Dec. 1 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Love was assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany. S For further information on Love's death the media can contact the 1st Armored Division public affairs office at 011-49-0611-705-4859.