23 July 2009


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.


Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Andrew Scott Charpentier, 21, of Great Falls, Mont.
, died July 23 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., from a non-combat related illness incurred while assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.