Officials release ID of dead airman

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Senior Airman Marschelle Harris


Officials release ID of dead airman
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, November 16, 2008

U.S. Air Force officials identified the airman who died in a South Korean hospital Wednesday night as Senior Airman Marschelle Harris.

Harris, 22, was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, 13 days after she was transported by ambulance to Ajou University Hospital in Suwon, just south of Seoul.

Air Force officials said Harris, a logistical technician with the 8th Medical Group’s Medical Support Squadron, died of a non-contagious, acute disease that "poses no public health risk," according to a Kunsan news release Friday.

But officials, citing medical privacy laws, declined to provide details on her "evaluation, treatment and diagnosis."

"Her death was a great loss to the 8th Medical Group and her presence will be deeply missed," 8th Medical Group Commander Col. Charles Tedder stated in the news release.


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