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Prayer Vigil for Army SPC Rudy A. Acosta

Santa Clarita Baptist Church

March 24, 2011

U.S. Department of Defense

March 20, 2011

DOD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died March 19 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when they were allegedly shot with small arms fire by an individual from a military security group. The incident is under investigation. They were assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Killed were:

Cpl. Donald R. Mickler Jr., 29, of Bucyrus, Ohio; and

Pfc. Rudy A. Acosta, 19, of Canyon Country, Calif.

Acosta was posthumously promoted to the rank of Specialist.