DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIES ARMY CASUALTY April 14, 2003 | News & Links |
The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Gil Mercado, 25, of Paterson, N.J., was killed yesterday by a non-combat weapon discharge in Iraq. Mercado was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, based at Fort Campbell, Ky. His death is under investigation. |