DoD Identifies Army Casualties

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DoD Identifies Army Casualties

March 19, 2004

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and the death of two soldiers supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps, 44, of Chicago, Ill., died March 17, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a mortar attack. Phipps was assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.

Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin, 21, of Parkersburg, W.Va., died March 18 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained in a vehicle incident in Kirkuk, Iraq, on March 11. Pfc. Sutphin was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Staff Sgt. Anthony S. Lagman, 26, of Yonkers, N.Y., died on March 18, in Dehrawood, Afghanistan, when his team came under small arms fire while clearing a village. Staff Sgt. Lagman was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Sgt. Michael J. Esposito, Jr., 22, of Brentwood, N.Y., died on March 18, in Dehrawood, Afghanistan, when his team came under small arms fire while clearing a village. Sgt. Esposito was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

The incidents are under investigation.

For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000.

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