THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF TWO FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIERS WHO WERE SUPPORTING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

            MILITARY OFFICIALS REPORT 26-YEAR OLD SERGEANT ISAAC PALOMAREZ OF LOVELAND, COLORADO AND 18-YEAR OLD PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ARA T. DEYSIE OF PARKER ARIZONA BOTH DIED FRIDAY IN AFGHANISTAN OF WOUNDS SUFFERED WHEN THEIR PATROL ENCOUNTERED AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE AND CAME UNDER SMALL ARMS AND ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE FIRE.  PALMOREZ WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 1^ST BATTALION, 506^TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4^TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, AND DEYSIE (DIE-SEE) WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 1^ST SQUADRON, 61^ST CAVALRY REGIMENT, 4^TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 101^ST AIRBORNE DIVISION AT FORT CAMPBELL.