IRAQ: American casualties identified

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The Defense Department has identified two soldiers who died June 11 in incidents unrelated to combat in Iraq, where at least 4,102 U.S. service members have lost their lives since the war began in 2003.
Pvt. Eugene D. M. Kanakaole, 19, of Maui, Hawaii, died in Balad. He was assigned to the 87th Engineer Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Ft. Hood, Texas.
Sgt. 1st Class Gerard M. Reed, 40, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., died in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 86th Combat Support Hospital, Ft. Campbell, Ky.