The Department of Defense announced today the death of two
service members who were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Both service
members died March 11, 2020, when their units were engaged by enemy indirect
fire at Camp Taji, Iraq. The incident is
under investigation.
The deceased are:
-- Army Spc.* Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias, 27, of
Hanford, California.
-- Air Force Staff Sgt. Marshal D. Roberts, 28, of Owasso,
Oklahoma.
Mendez Covarrubias was assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th
Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas.
Roberts was assigned to the 219th Engineering Installation
Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard.
For more information regarding Spc. Juan Miguel Mendez
Covarrubias, media may contact Fort Hood Public Affairs office at
254-287-9993/0106 or usarmy.hood.imcom-central.list.pao-mr@mail.mil.
For more information regarding Staff Sgt. Marshal D.
Roberts, media may contact the Oklahoma National Guard Public Affairs office at
405-228-5212.
*Indicates posthumous promotion
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