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Immediate Release

DOD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.

Pfc. Michael A. Thomason, 28, from Lincoln Park, Michigan, died April 29, 2019, in Kobani, Syria, of wounds sustained from a non-combat incident.

Thomason was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

For more information regarding Pfc. Michael A. Thomason, media may contact Lt. Col. Martin L. O'Donnell, public affairs officer, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), at 931-217-5074 or martin.l.odonnell.mil@mail.mil.