IRAQ: U.S. casualties identified

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The Defense Department has identified two soldiers killed in Iraq, where at least 4,099 U.S. military personnel have died since the war began in 2003.
Sgt. John D. Aragon, 22, of Antioch, Calif., was killed by a roadside bomb Thursday in Kadamiyah. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Ft. Campbell, Ky.
Sgt. Steve A. McCoy, 23, of Moultrie, Ga., died Tuesday at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered March 23 when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, Ga.