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

Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring, 40, of Fayetteville, N.C., was killed on Oct. 26 in Baghdad, Iraq. Buehring was fatally injured during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Al-Rasheed Hotel.

Buehring was assigned to Army Central Command Headquarters, Fort McPherson, Ga.