This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Solorio Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZkB.2ACI/2965 Message Board Post: No. 233-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2005 DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Juan M. Solorio, 32, of Dallas, Texas, died March 4 in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle as his unit was being attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. Solorio was assigned to the Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050305-2163.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.