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February 03, 2009
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - A third U.S. service member has been determined to have been electrocuted in a shower in Iraq, and Navy criminal investigators are on the case, The Associated Press has learned.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Cedergren, 25, died Sept. 11, 2004, while showering. His family was told he died of natural causes.

Late last year, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology changed the manner of Cedergren's death to "accidental," caused by electrocution and inflammation of the heart. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has reopened an investigation into his death, Ed Buice, a service spokesman, said Monday.

Cedergren's death is among 18 electrocution deaths under review as part of a Department of Defense Inspector General inquiry. The inquiry primarily involves electrical work done at a facility where a Green Beret, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, was electrocuted while showering in January 2008.

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Alright, I just have to say it... are these the same showers that we allow detainees to use? Maybe we should install some of these in GITMO!