Trey A. Corrales

Trey A. Corrales is a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army, originally from San Antonio, Texas. He has been charged with the June 23, 2007 premeditated murder of an Iraqi. The alleged murder took place near the city of Kirkuk, and the case is under investigation by the U.S. military.

U.S. Army Specialist Christopher P. Shore of Widner, Georgia is also charged with murder in the same case.

The U.S. military announced Thursday, July 19, 2007, that Trey A. Corrales and Christopher P. Shore have been charged with the premeditated murder of an Iraqi, and battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Michael Browder has been relieved of command by Major General Benjamin R. Mixon, the senior officer in northern Iraq. The U.S. military made this decision to relieve Browder of his command because of the “"totality of the circumstances surrounding this incident, and due to a lack of confidence in his ability to command effectively." Browder, although connected to the case, is not a suspect and has not currently been charged.

The alleged murder occurred June 23, 2007, near the northern city of Kirkuk, 160 miles north of Baghdad. Military officials said that investigators began examining the case after they were informed of suspicious circumstances by other soldiers from the same military unit.

The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, which is part of the 25th Infantry Division based in Hawaii. The unit is part of the Multinational Division - North. (see: Multinational Force Iraq) On August 26th, it was reported that a number of soldiers who were to be witnesses in the trial were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

Corrales was acquitted of all charges by a military jury on 25 April 2008.

On 1 Aug. 08, Sergeant First Class Corrales was promoted to Master Sergeant. He is still serving a U.S. Army Ranger.

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# http://abqtrib.com/news/2007/jul/19/soldiers-facing-murder-charges-stemming-iraq-event/
# http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/world/middleeast/19cnd-iraq.html
# http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/26/witnesses_in_army_trial_killed_in_crash/7807/
# http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/ts_alt_afp/usiraqmilitaryjustice_080424125737