An announcement today by the Pentagon named Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander as the two thousandth soldier killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Alexander, 34, died from injuries inflicted by a improvised explosive device on October 17 this year.  The explosive targeted the vehicle he was travelling in through Samarra, a central Iraqi town.
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Pentagon announces 2,000th U.S. military death