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The
Bush Butcher’s Bill: Officially, 80 US
Military Deaths in Iraq from 1 through 21 May, 2005 – Official
Total of 1,831 US Dead to date (and rising)
U.S. Military Personnel who died in German hospitals
or en route to German hospitals have not previously been counted.
They total about 6,210 as of 1 January, 2005. The ongoing,
underreporting of the dead in Iraq, is not accurate. The DoD is
deliberately reducing the figures. A review of many foreign news
sites show that actual deaths are far higher than the newly reduced
ones. Iraqi civilian
casualties are never reported but International Red Cross, Red
Crescent and UN figures indicate that as of 1 January 2005, the
numbers are just under 100,000.
by
Brian Harring, Domestic Intelligence Reporter
Note:
There is excellent reason to believe that the Department of Defense
is deliberately not reporting a significant number of the
dead in Iraq. We have received copies of
manifests from the MATS that show far more bodies shipped
into Dover AFP than are reported officially. The educated rumor is
that the actual death toll is in excess of 7,000. Given the
officially acknowledged number of over 15,000 seriously
wounded, this elevated death toll is far more realistic than the
current 1,400+ now being officially published. When our research is
complete, and watertight, we will publish the results along with the
sources In addition to the evident falsification of the death rolls,
at least 5,500 American military personnel have deserted,
most in Ireland but more have escaped to Canada and other European
countries, none of whom are inclined to cooperate with vengeful
American authorities. (See TBR News of 18 February for full coverage
on the mass desertions) This means that of the 158,000 U.S.
military shipped to Iraq, 26,000 either
deserted, were killed or seriously wounded. The DoD lists currently
being very quietly circulated indicate almost 9,000 dead,
over 16,000 seriously wounded* (See note below. This figure
is now over 24,000 Ed) and a large number of suicides, forced
hospitalization for ongoing drug usage and sales, murder of Iraqi
civilians and fellow soldiers , rapes, courts martial and so on –
I
have a copy of the official DoD casualty list. I am alphabetizing it
with the reported date of death following. TBR will post this list
in sections and when this is circulated widely by veteran groups and
other concerned sites, if people who do not see their loved one’s
names, are requested to inform their Congressman, their local paper,
us and other concerned people as soon as possible.
The
government gets away with these huge lies because they claim,
falsely, that only soldiers actually killed on the ground in Iraq
are reported. The dying and critically wounded are listed as en
route to military hospitals outside of the country and
not reported on the daily postings. Anyone who dies just as the
transport takes off from the Baghdad airport is not listed and
neither are those who die in the US
military hospitals. Their families are certainly notified
that their son, husband, brother or lover was dead and the bodies,
or what is left of them (refrigeration is very bad in Iraq what with
constant power outages) are shipped home, to Dover AFB. You ought to
realize that President Bush personally ordered that no
pictures be taken of the coffined and flag-draped dead under any
circumstances. He claims that this is to comfort the bereaved
relatives but is designed to keep the huge number of arriving bodies
secret. Any civilian, or military personnel, taking pictures will be
jailed at once and prosecuted. Bush has never attended any kind of a
memorial service for his dead soldiers and never will. He is
terrified some parent might curse him in front of the press or,
worse, attack him. As Bush is a coward and in denial, this is not a
surprise.
This
listing program is finished so act accordingly. If there is an
actual variance of, say, 10 names, that is acceptable. 50 would
indicate sloppiness and anything over 100 a positive sign of lying.
As of June 16, TBR has received 32 new, unlisted names
*The
latest on the wounded: “Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
in Germany, is a 150-bed hospital that's already seen over 24,000
wounded military patients from Iraq and Afghanistan since the
commencement of hostilities “. Knight Ridder Newspapers
June 6, 2005 (Note: The Pentagon
refuses to publish accurate lists of any wounded. Ed)
Brian Harring
Haven’t
we had enough of this?
Official
DoD Casualty list of June, 2005
1
The Department of Defense
announced today the deaths of four airmen who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. The airmen died May 30 in the crash
of an Iraqi air force aircraft during a training mission in eastern
Diyala province. They are: Maj. William Downs, 40, of
Winchester, Va., assigned to the 6th Special Operations Squadron,
Hurlburt Field, Fla. Capt. Jeremy Fresques, 26, of Clarkdale,
Ariz., assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt
Field, Fla. Capt. Derek Argel, 28, of Lompoc, Calif.,
assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Staff
Sgt. Casey Crate, 26, of Spanaway, Wash., assigned to the 23rd
Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
The Department of Defense announced
today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. They died May 24 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV. They
were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. The
Soldiers are: Sgt. Charles A. Drier, 28, of Tuscola, Mich. Spec.
Dustin C. Fisher, 22, of Fort Smith, Ark. Pfc. Jeffrey R.
Wallace, 20, of Hoopeston, Ill. 2
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Virgil R. Case, 37, of Mountain
Home, Idaho, died June 1 in Kirkuk, Iraq, from non-combat related
injuries. Case was assigned to the Army National Guard's 145th
Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team, Mountain Home, Idaho.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. 1st Class Steven M. Langmack, 33, of
Seattle, Wash., died May 31 in Al Qaim, Iraq, from injuries
sustained from small arms fire during combat operations. Langmack
was assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command,
Fort Bragg, N.C.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Miguel A. Ramos, 39, of Mayaguez, Puerto
Rico, died May 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an enemy rocket impacted
near his position. Ramos was assigned to the Army Reserve's
807th Signal Company, 35th Signal Battalion, Juana Diaz, Puerto
Rico.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Phillip C. Edmundson, 22, of Wilson,
N.C., died June 1 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat
operations. Edmundson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Louis E. Niedermeier, 20, of Largo, Fla.,
died June 1 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit was conducting combat
operations and he came under enemy small arms fire.
Niedermeier was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Carson, Colo.
5
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Enduring Freedom. They were killed on June 3 at Forward
Operating Base Orgun-E in Afghanistan when their convoy vehicle was
struck by an improvised expolsive device. They were assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. The
soldiers are: Staff Sgt. Leroy E. Alexander, 27, of Dale
City, Va. Cpt. Charles D. Robinson, 29, of Haddon Heights, N.
J.
6
The Department of
Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Antonio Mendoza, 21, of Santa Ana, Calif., died June 3 at Brooke Army
Medical Center, San Antonio, from wounds received as a result of an
explosion while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in
Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Feb. 22. At the time of his injury, Mendoza was
assigned to 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Carrie L. French, 19, of Caldwell, Idaho,
died June 5 in Kirkuk, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device hit
the front of her convoy vehicle and detonated. French was assigned
to the Army National Guard's 145th Support Battalion, Boise, Idaho.
7
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, when
an improvised explosive device detonated near their military
vehicle. They were assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry
Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Justin L.
Vasquez, 26, of Manzanola, Colo. Spc. Eric J. Poelman,
21, of Racine, Wis. Pfc. Brian S. Ulbrich, 23, of
Chapmanville, W. Va.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Col. Theodore S. Westhusing, 44, of Dallas,
Texas, died June 5 in Baghdad, Iraq, from non-combat related
injuries. Westhusing was serving with the Multi-national
Security Transition Command-Iraq and was assigned to the United
States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
8
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Brian M. Romines, 20, of Simpson, Ill.,
died June 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, where an improvised explosive device
detonated near his HMMWV. Romines was assigned to the Army
National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery, Milan, Ill.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Jonathan L. Smith, 22, of Eva,
Ala., died June 6 from wounds received as a result of an explosion
while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Fallujah,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Regimental
Combat Team-8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Robert T. Mininger, 21, of
Sellersville, Pa., died June 6 from wounds received as a result of
an explosion while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine
Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
10
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Marc L. Tucker, 24, of Pontotoc,
Miss., died June 8 as a result of a non-hostile vehicle accident in
Asr Uranium, Iraq. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support
Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Okinawa, Japan. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was
attached to 2nd FSSG, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Department of an Army civilian who
was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ms. Linda J. Villar,
41, of Franklinton, La., died June 3 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries
sustained when a mortar struck her forward operating base. Villar
worked for the U.S. Army Field Support Command, Fort Stewart, Ga.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Michael J. Kelley, 26, of Scituate,
Mass., died June 8 in Shkin, Afghanistan, when his helicopter
landing zone came under enemy fire. Kelley was assigned to the
Army National Guard's 101st Field Artillery Battalion, Rehoboth,
Mass.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June 8 in Tikrit, Iraq,
of injuries sustained on June 7 in Tikrit, Iraq, when an explosion
of unknown origin occurred near their location. Both soldiers
were assigned to the Army National Guard's Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division, Troy, N.Y. Killed
were: Capt. Phillip T. Esposito, 30, of Suffern, N.Y. 1st
Lt. Louis E. Allen, 34, of Milford, Pa.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Roberto Arizola, Jr., 31, of Laredo,
Texas, died June 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV. Arizola was assigned to the
Army's 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, 513th Military
Intelligence Brigade, Fort Gordon, Ga.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of five Marines who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Dustin V. Birch, 22, of
Saint Anthony, Idaho. Lance Cpl. Daniel Chavez, 20, of
Seattle, Wash. Lance Cpl. Thomas O. Keeling, 23, of
Strongsville, Ohio. Lance Cpl. Devon P. Seymour, 21, of St.
Louisville, Ohio. Cpl. Brad D. Squires, 26, of Middleburg
Heights, Ohio. All five Marines died June 9 as a result of an
explosion while conducting combat operations with 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Haqlaniyah,
Iraq. Keeling, Seymour, and Squires were assigned to Marine Forces
Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division,
Akron, Ohio. Birch was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 4th Tank
Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Boise, Idaho. Chavez was assigned to
1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lt. Col. Terrence K. Crowe, 44, of New York,
N.Y., died June 7 in Tal Afar, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by
enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.
Crowe was assigned to the Army Reserve's 10th Battalion, 98th
Regiment, 4th Brigade, 98th Division, Lodi, N.J.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Mark O. Edwards, 40, of Unicoi,
Tenn., died June 9 at his forward operating base near Tuz, Iraq,
from a non-combat related cause. Edwards was assigned to
the Army National Guard's 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry
Regiment, Erwin, Tenn.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Emmanuel Hernandez, 22, of Yauco,
Puerto Rico, died June 8 in Shkin, Afghanistan, when his
helicopter-landing zone came under enemy fire. Hernandez was
assigned to the Army's 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment,
173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Douglas E. Kashmer, 27, of Sharon, Pa.,
died June 8 in Nippur, Iraq, when the wrecker in which he was a
passenger was involved in a non-combat related rollover.
Kashmer was assigned to the Army's 70th Transportation Company,
Mannheim, Germany.
The Department of Defense announced
today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi
Freedom. 1st Lt. Michael J. Fasnacht, 25, of Columbus, Ga.,
died June 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device
detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Fasnacht was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade,
3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
11
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom. Sgt. First Class Victor H. Cervantes, 27,
of Stockton, Calif., died June 10 in Orgun-e, Afghanistan, when he
came under small arms fire while on patrol. Cervantes was assigned
to the Army's 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne),
Fort Bragg, N.C.
13
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June 11
in Owesat Village, Iraq, when their armored personnel carrier was
hit by an improvised explosive device. Both soldiers were
assigned to the Army National Guard's 150th Combat Engineer
Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, Lucedale, Miss.
Killed
were:Sgt. Larry R. Arnold Sr., 46, of Carriere, Miss. Spc.
Terrance D. Lee Sr., 25, of Moss Point, Miss.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Mario A. Castillo, 20, of
Brownwood, Texas, Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Kilpela, 22, of
Fowerville, Mich.Both Marines died June 10 as a result of an
explosion while conducting combat operations in Saqlawiyah, Iraq.
They were assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died June 11 in
Al Taqaddum, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated
near their military vehicle.Killed were:Spc. Casey Byers, 22,
of Schleswig, Iowa. Byers was assigned to the Army National
Guard's 224th Engineer Battalion, Ottumwa, Iowa. Sgt.
1st Class Neil A. Prince, 35, of Baltimore, Md. Prince was
assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 17th Field
Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson,
Colo.
14
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Lance Cpl. John J. Mattek Jr.,
24, of Stevens Point, Wis., died June 13 from wounds received as a
result of an explosion while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on June 8. He was
assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Stanley J. Lapinski,
35, of Las Vegas, Nev., died June 11 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Lapinski was assigned to the Army's 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. David J. Murray,
23, of Clinton, La., died June 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.
Murray was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1088th Engineering
Battalion, New Roads, La.
15
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers
who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June
13 in Ramadi, Iraq, where their military vehicle came under a
grenade attack while conducting combat operations. Both
soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery
Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.The
soldiers are: Sgt. Larry R. Kuhns Jr., 24, of Austintown,
Ohio, .Spc. Anthony D. Kinslow, 21, of Westerville, Ohio.
16
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of four Marines who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Jonathan R. Flores, 18,
of San Antonio, Texas. Cpl. Jesse Jaime, 22, of Henderson,
Nev. Cpl. Tyler S. Trovillion, 23, of Richardson, Texas. Lance
Cpl. Dion M. Whitley, 21, of Los Angeles, Calif. All four
Marines died June 15 when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive
device while conducting combat operations near Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
All four Marines were assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Pendleton, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, their unit
was operating with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division of the U.S. Army, which was attached to 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Michael R. Hayes, 29, of Morgantown, Ky.,
died June 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, where a rocket-propelled grenade hit
his HMMWV while he was providing security cordon for an improvised
explosive device found earlier. Hayes was assigned to the Army
National Guard's 617th Military Police Company, Richmond, Ky.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Anthony G. Jones, 25, of Greenville,
S.C., died June 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, where an improvised explosive
device detonated near his military vehicle. Sgt. Jones was
assigned to the 104th Transportation Company, 36th Engineer Group,
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning, Ga.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Petty Officer 2nd Class Cesar O. Baez, 37, of
Pomona, Calif., died June 15, as a result of enemy small arms fire
while conducting combat operations in al-Anbar province, Iraq.
Baez was a Hospital Corpsman assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
17
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Chad B. Maynard, 19, of Montrose,
Colo., died June 15 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive
device while conducting combat operations near Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom. Spc. Anthony S. Cometa, 21, of Las Vegas,
Nev., died June 16 in Safwan, Kuwait, when his HMMWV rolled over.
He was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1864th Transportation
Company, 106th Transportation Battalion, Henderson, Nev.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Nathan B. Clemons, 20, of Winchester,
Tenn., died June 14 from wounds sustained when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his vehicle while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. He was
assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Piper, 43, of
Marblehead, Mass., died on June 16 at the Brooke Army Medical
Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from injuries sustained on June 3
when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military
vehicle in Orgun-E, Afghanistan. He was assigned the 1st
Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
18
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Erik R. Heldt,
26, of Hermann, Mo. Capt. John W. Maloney, 36, of Chicopee,
Mass. Both Marines died June 16 when their
vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while conducting combat
operations near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. They were assigned to 1st
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom their unit was attached to 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
20
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler,
19, from Charleston, W.Va., died June 18 as a result of small-arms
fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during
Operation Spear in Karabilah, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June 18
in Baqubah, Iraq, from injuries sustained on June 17 in Buritz,
Iraq, when they were conducting a mounted patrol and their HMMWV was
attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades. Both
soldiers were assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor
Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning,
Ga.Killed were:1st Lt. Noah Harris, 23, of Ellijay, Ga. Cpl.
William A. Long, 26, of Lilburn, Ga.
21
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two
soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They
died on June 17 in Al Qaim, Iraq, while conducting combat
operations. Both soldiers were assigned to Headquarters, U.S.
Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Killed
were:Master Sgt. Robert M. Horrigan, 40, of Austin, Texas.Master
Sgt. Michael L. McNulty, 36, of Knoxville, Tenn.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Christopher R.
Kilpatrick, 18, of Columbus, Texas, died June 20 in Tal Afar,
Iraq, during convoy operations when enemy forces attacked his HMMWV
with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
Kilpatrick was assigned to the 603rd Transportation Company, 142nd
Corps Support Battalion, Warrior Brigade, Fort Polk, La.
23
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Nicholas R. Idalski, 23, of Crown Point,
Ind., died June 21 in Ramadi, Iraq, where his unit was conducting
combat operations and were attacked by enemy forces using small arms
fire. Idalski was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 9th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died on June 21 in Ramadi, Iraq,
where their unit was conducting combat operations, and were attacked
by enemy forces using small arms fire. Both soldiers were
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed were: Spc.
Christopher L. Hoskins, 21, of Danielson, Conn. Spc. Brian A.
Vaughn, 23, of Pell City, Ala.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. James D. Stewart, 29, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., died June 21 in Ar Rutbah, Iraq, where an improvised
explosive device detonated near his military cargo truck.
Stewart was assigned to the 57th Transportation Company, 10th
Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of an Air Force pilot who was supporting
Operation Enduring Freedom. Maj. Duane W. Dively, 43, of
Rancho California, Calif., died June 22 in Southwest Asia, in the
crash of a U-2 aircraft. Dively had completed flying a mission
and was returning to his base when the crash occurred. He was
assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale Air Force Base,
Calif.
24
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Arnold Duplantier II, 26, of Sacramento,
Calif., died June 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, where he was providing cordon
security, and was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire.
Duplantier was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion,
184th Infantry Regiment, Auburn, Calif.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Joseph M. Tackett, 22, of Whitehouse,
Ky., died June 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury.
Tackett was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th
Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Holly A. Charette, 21, from
Cranston, R.I., died June 23 from wounds sustained when a suicide,
vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device struck her vehicle in
Fallujah, Iraq. She was assigned to Headquarters Battalion,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
25
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Carlos Pineda, 23, Los Angeles, Calif.,
died June 24 as a result of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms
fire while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq. He
was assigned to 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The
Full, Official Casualty list, Alphabetized
This is a fully alphabetized list of the official
number of American dead in Iraq from the beginning of the Iraqi war
through June 6, 2005.
There are many more deaths that have not
appeared on the official lists because the DoD has taken the tricky
tack of loading dying and probable fatalities onto aircraft and
flying them out of Iraq to bases and hospitals outside of that
country. So, if a GI is dying or has every expectation of dying, he
or she is loaded on an aircraft and their subsequent deaths are not
publicly reported as “Combat Deaths.” Of course the families or
survivors are certainly notified of the death but the public is not.
The purpose of publishing this alphabetical name
list (which I will update monthly) is to encourage the families and
friends of survivors to contact us with the names of these
unreported casualties.
We suggest supplying the name, rank and unit of the
individual as well as contact information for verification.
We have encountered serious objections to our
publishing the original DoD pdf file that lists the actual dead,
injured, deserters and so on so we are getting around this by
publishing the original cover page and then reformatting the
information contained inside the cover.
Because there are over a hundred pages of the dead
alone, this project will take some time because I am doing it
myself, without any assistance and please do not volunteer to assist
me.
And to those who keep writing to me in care of TBR
News wanting to know my name and address “so they can help me”
or “because if you don’t give me your name, SS number and
address, I just can’t believe a word you say.” I can tell you
that I have been around the academic world long enough to have
learned not to give away my lengthy research to someone eager to get
the credit, and the money, for my work.
They say that for an academic (or any writer for
that matter) to steal from one person is plagiarism while stealing
from many (like the late Steven Ambrose) is really research.
And yes, I am working on a book and yes, I have a publisher
so be good enough to bug off and do your own work.
As far as the demanders of my name and address are
concerned, go spy on your neighbors and then run, panting, to the
FBI to get your plastic pin and tin toy badge. Or better still,
stick your head in a chipper and turn it on.
Brian
Harring
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Most
in poll reject return of military draft
MAJORITY OF ALL AGES OPPOSES CONSCRIPTION
June 25, 2005
by
Will Lester
Associated
Press
WASHINGTON
- Americans overwhelmingly do not want to see the
return of the military draft, and a majority also would not
encourage their own children to enlist, an AP-Ipsos poll has found.
About a quarter favored reinstating the
draft, with men, older Americans and Republicans most likely to say
conscription is a good idea.
The survey highlights the problems
faced by the military as recruiting is in a slump.
``Things have been working well with
the all-volunteer army and that's how it should stay,'' said Kathy
Fowler, a 44-year-old mother from Chillicothe, Ohio.
All four branches of military service,
however, are having trouble attracting recruits to their reserve
forces.
The Army has repeatedly missed its
monthly recruiting goals this year, falling short by 42 percent in
April.
Despite the recruiting problems, seven
in 10 Americans say they oppose reinstatement of the draft, and
almost half of those polled strongly oppose that step, the poll
found.
The shortfalls in military recruiting
have led to speculation that the government might be forced to
reinstitute the draft. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has ruled
it out, saying the all-volunteer force has proved the wisdom of
ending the draft in 1973. ``There isn't a chance in the world that
the draft will be brought back,'' Rumsfeld told a House hearing
Thursday.
Men were more likely than women to
favor reinstating the draft and those over age 50 were more likely
to favor it than younger adults. Republicans were more likely than
Democrats to support the idea. But a majority of each of those
groups opposed the draft.
One draft supporter said expanding the
size of the armed forces might help move the Iraq campaign along
faster.
``If we had more manpower in the Middle
East, we could get this over with,'' said James Puma, a retiree from
Buffalo, N.Y. ``I'm a Republican, I'm with the president. But things
in Iraq are not going good at all.''
However, Jeremy Miller, a sales manager
from Denver, said the Iraq war is ``a situation the president has
gotten us into and should be able to get us out of'' without
bringing back the draft.
More than half of those polled said
they would discourage a son from enlisting in the military, while
two-thirds said they would discourage a daughter from joining.
Democrats were more likely than
Republicans to say they would discourage sons and daughters from
enlisting.
If a military draft were reinstated,
more than half in the poll, 54 percent, said they would oppose women
being drafted.
Women were more likely than men to be
opposed to drafting women. Adults born after the end of World War II
but before 1965 were more likely than people of other age groups to
favor the drafting of women.
The poll of 1,000 adults was conducted
June 20-22 for the AP by Ipsos, a polling firm, and has a margin of
sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
The tipping point
US public opinion on the Iraq war dips with
every dead soldier, and plummets at the first sniff of defeat
June 27, 2005
by Gary
Younge
The Guardian
At
just around the time when Hush Puppies were believed to have been
relegated to the footwear of choice for old geezers and ageing
hippies, they suddenly enjoyed a comeback. Hip people started
scouting around in unfashionable shops to buy them and then hip
stores in Greenwich Village started to sell them. A Hush Puppy
executive, Geoffrey Lewis, was taken completely by surprise.
"We were told that Isaac Mizrahi was wearing the shoes
himself," he said. "I think it's fair to say that at the
time we had no idea who Isaac Mizrahi was."
In
Malcolm Gladwell's book, The Tipping Point, he describes the
conditions that are necessary to transform Hush Puppies from the old
school to new cool. "The world of the tipping point is a place
where the unexpected becomes expected, where radical change is more
than a possibility," he argues. "It is - contrary to all
our expectations - a certainty."
American
public opinion appears to be approaching just such a point in
relation to the war in Iraq. The last fortnight has revealed a
growing impatience with the military misadventure in the Gulf and an
irritation with the White House's persistent denials that anything
is wrong. This has translated into more urgent and widespread calls
to bring the troops home that has finally percolated up to the
political class. This new phase has put George Bush on the back
foot, forcing him to deliver a major address tomorrow night to rally
public support, which is evidently draining away. He will tell them
that America needs "resolve". For the White House Iraq has
become the latest faith-based initiative.
A
recent Gallup poll revealed that 56% said the war "wasn't worth
it". Meanwhile, for the first time, a majority say they would
be "upset" if Bush sent more troops, and a new low of 36%
say troop levels should be maintained or increased. An earlier
Washington Post poll showed that two-thirds of the public believe
the US military is bogged down in Iraq while almost three- quarters
think the level of casualties is unacceptable. The figures match or
exceed the previous high-water mark of public disenchantment. More
than half believe the war has not made them safer and 40% believe it
has striking similarities to the experience in Vietnam.
Anti-war
sentiment had always been part of mainstream national conversation
here. But with the Democratic party and its presidential candidate
having supported the war, such views remained marginal in the body
politic. Now, as these statistics make themselves felt in the
postbags and phone logs of congressmen, the notion that not only is
the war not going to plan but that the plan might itself be flawed
is finding expression in the most unlikely places. On June 16, the
Republican congressman Walter Jones, the man largely responsible for
introducing freedom fries to the congressional menu, co-sponsored a
bipartisan resolution persuading the president to set a timetable
for troop withdrawal.
When
the secretary of defence, Donald Rumsfeld, testified before a Senate
armed services committee last week, the Republican senator from
South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, said: "I'm here to tell you
sir, in the most patriotic state that I can imagine, people are
beginning to question. And I don't think it's a blip on the radar
screen. I think we have a chronic problem on our hands. We will lose
this war if we leave too soon. And what is likely to make us do
that? The public going south. And that is happening."
The
critical factor driving this slump, explains Christopher Gelpi,
associate professor of political science at Duke University who
specialises in public attitudes to foreign policy, is not how many
soldiers they lose but whether the mission for which they have
fallen is likely to be successful. "The most important single
fact is that the public perceive the mission as being destined for
success. The American public is partly casualty-phobic but it is
primarily defeat phobic. You can muster support for just about any
military operation in the US so long as you can get enough of the
defeat-phobic people on board."
Those
who are casualty-phobic have been troubled by the 1,739 slain
soldiers. So far this month, the US has, on average, had almost
three soldiers killed and 10 wounded, every day. The 700 Iraqis who
have died in the last month do not figure on the sympathy radar. But
the chaos of which their deaths are just the most bloody indicator
suggests little likelihood of success.
Comparisons
with Vietnam are premature, but the trend towards it in public
perception is undeniable. "It won't be easy, but they could
carry on at this level of support for quite some time. But if it
drops another 10%, that would be really bad," says Gelpi. The
decisive moment that produced the tipping point in Vietnam was the
Tet offensive; given the ideological incoherence and fractured
organisation of the Iraqi insurgency the turning point is likely to
be less dramatic and more prolonged. It may even have happened
already.
Until
earlier this year, the White House had an easy-to-follow narrative
for success on its own terms. When weapons of mass destruction were
not found, it simply changed the story to fit the absence of facts.
The final chapter then became the democratisation of the Arab world.
First there would be a "handover" of power, then
elections, all leading up to Iraqis regaining control of their own
country. The carnage, in terms of human life, regional stability and
international law, was dismissed as a price worth paying for the
bigger picture. For a while, a majority of the American public
bought it. But in recent months they have proved reluctant to wear
it.
You
can keep spinning just so long before you fall flat on your face.
The administration's insistence that things are on track and all it
must do is stay the course is beginning to grate. US efforts to
reshape the world through a policy of pre-emption have been
buttressed by an attempt to remould reality through the power of
assertion. Since Vice-President Dick Cheney claimed that the
insurgency was "in its last throes" 77 American soldiers
and about 600 Iraqi civilians have died. His tortured explanation,
late last week, that "if you look at what the dictionary says
about throes, it can still be a violent period", adds insult to
injury.
"We
are all capable of believing things which we know to be
untrue," wrote George Orwell in his essay In Front of Your
Nose. "And then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently
twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually,
it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the
only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up
against solid reality, usually on a battlefield."
g.younge@guardian.co.uk
The Army’s Hard Sell
June 27, 2005
by Bob Herbert
New York Times
The all-volunteer Army is
not working. The problem with such an Army is that there are limited
numbers of people who will freely choose to participate in an
enterprise in which they may well be shot, blown up, burned to death
or suffer some other excruciating fate.
The all-volunteer Army is
fine in peacetime, and in military routs like the first gulf war.
But when the troops are locked in a prolonged war that yields high
casualties, and they look over their shoulders to see if
reinforcements are coming from the general population, they find -as
they're finding now - that no one is there.
Although it has been
lowering standards, raising bonuses and all but begging on its
knees, the Army hasn't reached its recruitment quota in months.
There are always plenty of hawks in America. But the hawks want
their wars fought with other people's children.
The problem now is that
most Americans have had plenty of time to digest the images of
people being blown up in Baghdad and mutilated in Fallujah, and they
know that thousands of our troops are coming home in coffins, or
without their arms, or without their legs, or paralyzed, or horribly
burned.
War in the abstract can
often seem like a good idea. Politicians get the patriotic blood
flowing with their bombast and lies. But the flesh-and-blood reality
of war is very different.
The war in Iraq was sold to
the American public the way a cheap car salesman sells a lemon. Dick
Cheney assured the nation that Americans in Iraq would be
"greeted as liberators." Kenneth Adelman of the Pentagon's
Defense Policy Board said the war would be a "cakewalk."
And Donald Rumsfeld said on National Public Radio: "I can't say
if the use of force would last five days or five weeks or five
months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than
that."
The hot-for-war crowd never
mentioned young men and women being shipped back to their families
deceased or maimed. Nor was there any suggestion that a broad swath
of the population should share in the sacrifice.
Now, with the war going
badly and the Army chasing potential recruits with a ferocity that
is alarming, a backlash is developing that could cripple the
nation's ability to wage war without a draft. Even as the ranks of
new recruits are dwindling, many parents and public school officials
are battling the increasingly heavy-handed tactics being used by
military recruiters who are desperately trying to sign up high
school kids.
"I started getting
calls and people coming to the school board meeting testifying that
they were getting inundated with phone calls from military
recruiters," said Sandra Lowe, a board member and former
president of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District in
California.
She said parents complained
that in some schools "the military recruiters were on campus
all the time," sometimes handing out "things that the
parents did not want in their homes, including very violent video
games."
Ms. Lowe said she was
especially disturbed by a joint effort of the Defense Department and
a private contractor, disclosed last week, to build a database of 30
million 16- to 25-year-olds, complete with Social Security numbers,
racial and ethnic identification codes, grade point averages and
phone numbers. The database is to be scoured for youngsters that the
Pentagon believes can be persuaded to join the military.
"To have this national
data collection is just over the top," Ms. Lowe said.
Like many other parents
resisting aggressive recruitment measures, Ms. Lowe has turned to a
Web site - leavemychildalone.org -
that counsels parents on their rights and the rights of their
children. She described the site as "wonderful."
What's not so wonderful is
that this war with no end in sight is becoming an ever more divisive
issue for Americans. A clear divide is developing between those who
want to continue the present course and those who feel it's time to
craft an exit strategy.
But with volunteers in
extremely short supply, an even more emotional divide is occurring
over the ways in which soldiers for this war are selected.
Increasing numbers of Americans are recognizing the inherent
unfairness of the all-volunteer force in a time of war. That
emotional issue will become more heated as the war continues. And it
is sure to resonate in the wars to come.
E-mail: bobherb@nytimes.com
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