Fouty, Byron W.
Name: Byron W. Fouty Branch/Rank: Army / Pvt Unit: Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade combat team. MOS: Date of Birth/Age: 19 Home City of Record: Waterford, MI Date of Loss: May 12, 2007 Country of Loss: Iraq Original Status: Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN). Current Status: Missing-Captured - Status Change June 29, 2007 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground |
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Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 07/2007 =================================================
====================================================== http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_281115410 Father talks about son captured in Baghdad By Yadira Betances ,
Staff Writer http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-08-07-mia-cover_N.htm?csp=34
QARGHULI
VILLAGE, Iraq — Sometimes when he's out on patrol, Army Spc. Samuel
Rhodes sees a shred of camouflage in the bushes, and his heart leaps.
Each time, Rhodes hopes it will be the missing clue to the fate of two U.S. soldiers who were captured by insurgents south of Baghdad after an attack in May. Inevitably, though, the piece of camouflage turns out to be from an Iraqi army uniform.... Contributing: Andrea Stone in McLean, Va. ================================================
NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department
of Defense
No. 817-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2007 Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public/Industry(703) 428-0711 DoD Announces Soldiers Status as Missing-Captured The Department of Defense has changed the status of two soldiers serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom from duty status whereabouts unknown (DUSTWUN) to missing-captured. Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., and Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., were declared missing-captured June 27. On May 12, Fouty and Jimenez were categorized as DUSTWUN when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces.They are assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. Efforts continue for their successful and safe return.For more information in regard to the ongoing search and recovery operations please contact the Coalition Press Information Center-Baghdad at (703) 270-0299 or (703) 270-0320. Change in status questions can be directed to Shari Lawrence, deputy public affairs officer for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in Alexandria, Va., at (703) 325-8856, after hours: (703) 946-0791. The public affairs officer assisting Fouty's family is Maj. Dawn Dancer, (517) 481-8140 or (517) 481-8141, after hours: (517) 896-0860, Michigan National Guard. The public affairs officer assisting Jimenez's family is Lt. Col. Jeffrey Buczkowski, (212) 784-0113 or (212) 784-0112, after hours: (785) 410-5522, Army public affairs-New York Branch. ------------------Monday, June 4, 2007
Al-Qaeda In Iraq Claims It Killed Captured
U.S. Soldiers
June 4, 2007 -- An Al-Qaeda
umbrella group has claimed its militants killed three U.S.
soldiers after capturing them in Iraq in May.
The claim was made in a new video
recording released today by the Islamic State In Iraq.
An unidentified voice made the claim on the video, which was made available to Western news agencies by the Washington-based Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Institute. The video does not offer any proof that the soldiers were killed and does not show them...... (AFP, AP, Reuters, CNN)
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NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 591-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 2007
Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public/Industry(703) 428-0711
DoD Announces Army Soldiers as Whereabouts Unknown The Department of Defense announced today the identities of four soldiers listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.They have been unaccounted for since May 12 in Al Taqa, Iraq, when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives.They are assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Reported as DUSTWUN are: Sgt. Anthony J. Schober, 23, of Reno, Nev. (Killed in attack, remains recovered) Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass. Pfc. Joseph J. Anzack Jr., 20, of Torrance, Calif. Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich. Search and recovery efforts are ongoing, and the incident is under investigation. ================================================= |
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