Frank Sandoval has been designated a casualty

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Source: DoD

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Frank M. Sandoval, 27, of Yuma, Ariz., died June 18 in Palo Alto, Calif., of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small arms fire Nov. 28, 2005, in Tikrit, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.

Read more: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11073

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Some of you may recall my posting Frank Sandoval's story last week, and that at that time he was not listed in the casualty reports. The DoD has a "Casualty Review Board" which decides on cases such as this, and has evidently confirmed that he "counts."

http://www.yumasun.com/news/sandoval_34933___article.html/family_yuma.html

http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_6184600