The Department of Defense on Sunday announced the deaths of two 3rd Infantry Division soldiers serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cpl. Victor Toledo-Pulido, 22, of Hanford, Calif., and Cpl. Jonathan Winterbottom, 21, of Falls Church, Va., died May 23 after suffering wounds from an improvised explosive device that detonated near their vehicle in Al-Nahrawan, Iraq.
Both soldiers were assigned to 3d Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning.
According to icasualties.org, a Web site dedicated to documenting the number of casualties suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the total number of confirmed U.S. troop deaths in Iraq now stands at 3,456.
Cpl. Victor Toledo-Pulido, 22, of Hanford, Calif., and Cpl. Jonathan Winterbottom, 21, of Falls Church, Va., died May 23 after suffering wounds from an improvised explosive device that detonated near their vehicle in Al-Nahrawan, Iraq.
Both soldiers were assigned to 3d Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning.
According to icasualties.org, a Web site dedicated to documenting the number of casualties suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the total number of confirmed U.S. troop deaths in Iraq now stands at 3,456.