A Navy reservist from Honolulu died yesterday of injuries suffered Dec. 24 in a vehicle accident in Kuwait, the Pentagon reported yesterday.

Petty Officer 1st Class Victor W. Jeffries, 52, was permanently assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group, Kuwait, the Pentagon said. Details were not immediately available on the vehicle accident.

Jeffries wrote an article that appeared last month on the Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System Web site. The article, dated Dec. 19, described a Navy program in Kuwait that helps sailors make the transition back home at the end of their deployment.

The article said Jeffries was assigned to Navy Customs Battalion Tango. The unit deployed Sept. 30 to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Navy Times said.

The unit's 450 sailors are reservists from 36 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, the Navy Times said. Its job is to perform customs inspections in Kuwait and Iraq for service members returning home at the end of their deployment.

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