1LT Salvatore S. Corma

The Department of Defense released this on Saturday, so I am delinquent in saying anything. LT Corma was a member of the Class of 2008, making him the second KIA for that class in April of this year. I did not know LT Corma, but his death hits home because 1) he is a graduate and 2) he was serving in the same brigade that I will be assigned to in the 82nd Airborne. Please pray for his friends and family.

"Well done, be thou at peace."

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

No. 352-10 May 01, 2010

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

1^st Lt. Salvatore S. Corma, 24, of Wenonah, N.J., died April 29 at Forward Operating Base Bullard, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using improvised explosive devices. He was assigned to the 2^nd Battalion, 508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4^th Brigade Combat Team, 82^nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

For more information related to this release, the media may contact the 82nd Airborne Division public affairs office at 910-432-0662.