IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN: U.S. casualties identified

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Pfc. Howard A. Jones Jr., 35, of Chicago, died May 18 in Chicago from injuries sustained when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while on leave from the Iraq theater of operations, the Defense Department has announced. He was assigned to the Army’s 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Ft. Riley, Kan.

Lt. Jeffrey A. Ammon, 37, of Orem, Utah, died Tuesday as a result of injuries caused by a roadside bomb in the Aband District, Afghanistan, the Defense Department has announced. The sailor was attached to Commander Navy Region Northwest, Bangor, Wash., and serving in Afghanistan as a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni.