This has not been a good couple weeks. Our Civil Affairs community has lost another soldier. MAJ Scott Hagerty was killed in action this week.
Unfortunately, the nature of our missions endangers our CA Soldiers daily by placing them deep into the battlefield with the role providing reconstruction efforts.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 480-08
June 05, 2008
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died June 3 in Zormat, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Killed were:
Maj. Scott A. Hagerty, 41, of Stillwater, Okla., who was assigned to the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion, Pasadena, Texas.
Pfc. Derek D. Holland, 20, of Wind Gap, Pa., who was assigned to the 228th Brigade Support Battalion, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Bethlehem, Pa.
For further information on Hagerty, media may contact the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-2035.
For further information on Holland, media may contact the Pennsylvania Army National Guard public affairs office at (717) 861-8468.
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