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"The
essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives,
but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to
pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths
of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the
masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.
Even when weapons of war are not actually destroyed, their
manufacture is still a convenient way of expending labour power
without producing anything that can be consumed".
George
Orwell, 1984
“Whether war
is a necessary factor in the evolution of mankind may be disputed,
but a fact which cannot be questioned is that, from the earliest
records of man to the present age, war has been his dominant
preoccupation. There has never been a period in human history
altogether free from war, and seldom one of more than a generation
which has not witnessed a major conflict: great wars flow and ebb
almost as regularly as the tides. This becomes more noticeable when
a civilization ages and begins to decay, as seemingly is happening
to our world-wide industrial civilization. Whereas but a generation
or two back, war was accepted as an instrument of policy, it has now
become policy itself.”
General
J.F.C. Fuller, 1954
The Bush/Cheney Butcher’s Bill: Officially,
78 US Military Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan from 1 May
2006- 27 May, 2006- Official Total of 2,638
US dead to date (and rising) The actual total is now
over 12,000 and also rising
by
Brian Harring, Domestic Intelligence Reporter
brianharring@yahoo.com
Note:
Mr. Harring announces that he has published
protocols of the numerous Cheney Energy Task Force meetings.
Mr. Harring has published these on his own website for
obvious reasons. Mr. Harring now lives in Ireland and is out of
reach of the Bush White House, but not his own computer system or
foreign server, and the rest of the world.
Ed.
Mr.
President, why don’t you pull out…like your father should have?
Brian
Harring
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 actual
death toll is in excess of 10,000. (See the official records
at the end of this piece.) Given the officially acknowledged number
of over 15,000 seriously wounded (and a published total of 25,000
wounded overall,), this elevated death toll is far more realistic
than the current 2,000+ 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 deserted, were killed
or seriously wounded. The DoD lists currently being very quietly
circulated indicate over12,000 dead, over 25,000 seriously
wounded 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 -
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. This, we note, was the overall
policy until very recently. Since it became well known that many had
died at Landstuhl, in Germany, the DoD began to list a very few
soldiers who had died at other non-theater locations. These numbers
are only for show and are pathetically small in relationship to the
actual figures (which we are now publishing.) 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 terrible physical coward and in a constant state of denial,
this is not a surprise.
Haven’t
we had enough of this? (According
to our email, 95% of our viewers’ responses to Mr. Harring’s
explosive investigations have commented that they have certainly had
enough. We have also been flooded with additions to the casualty
lists that have to be carefully checked before a future posting.
Ed)
Official
Casualty List for May, 2006
As
of May 1, 2006, the British military has reported up to 109 deaths;
Italy has reported 31 deaths; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13;
Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia,
Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan,
Latvia, Romania, one death each.
More
than 1,000 members of the British military have deserted the armed
forces since the start of the 2003 Iraq war, the BBC has discovered.
It
comes as Parliament debates a law that will forbid military
personnel refusing to participate in the occupation of a foreign
country.
During
2005 alone, 377 people deserted and are still missing. So far this
year another 189 are on the run.
But
former defence minister Don Touhig disputed the figures.
He
told a report on BBC Radio Five Live there were no "hard
facts" to suggest the Iraq conflict was prompting increased
numbers to leave the forces.
Some
900 have evaded capture since the Iraq war started, official figures
say.
The
Ministry of Defence claims it does not keep details of whether
desertion is on the rise but Labour MP John McDonnell told
Parliament this week there had been a tripling in cases over the
past three years.
He
was speaking in a debate about new laws which would make refusal to
take part in the occupation of a foreign country punishable by a
maximum life sentence in prison.
It
is unclear how many troops are deserting because they do not want to
go to Iraq and how many are doing so because of personal reasons
such as family problems, BBC world affairs correspondent Jonathan
Charles says.
Lawyers
who represent members of the military at courts martial say that
they are increasingly being contacted by people who want advice
about getting out of having to serve in Iraq, even if they do not
want to go to the extreme of deserting, our correspondent has found.
'Illegal
acts'
Justin
Hugheston-Roberts was the solicitor for Flight Lieutenant Malcolm
Kendall-Smith who was sentenced to eight months in prison for
refusing to follow orders in connection with a deployment to Iraq.
He
said: "As part of my day to day job, I am approached regularly
by people who are seeking to absent themselves from service. There
has been an increase, a definite upturn."
Gilbert
Blades, an expert in military law who represents soldiers at courts
martial, said the numbers leaving due to their views on Iraq were
often obscured as they were not counted as conscientious objectors.
"One
can't help thinking that what's behind every absence is the problem
in Iraq and I would think that if the real truth was told, then the
Iraq problem has contributed to a huge number of people going
absent," he told BBC Radio Five Live.
Our
correspondent says there is plenty of anecdotal evidence from
military personnel that they are demoralised by the continuing
conflict in Iraq and the fact that, despite their best efforts,
there is little improvement in the situation there.
Ben
Griffin was a member of the elite SAS. Earlier this year he told his
commanding officer earlier he was not prepared to return to Iraq
because he said he saw American forces carrying out what he thought
were illegal acts.
He
was allowed to leave the military and he now says: "I was
disturbed by the general day-to-day attitude of the American troops.
They treated Iraqis with contempt, not like human beings. They had a
complete disregard for Iraqi lives and property."
Mr
Griffin would never have considered deserting but he says his views
are shared by many others in the British military.
He
told the BBC: "I can't speak for others but there's a lot of
dissent in the Army about the legality of war and concerns that
they're spending too much time there".
He
says Iraq is different to other conflicts because, in other
operations, the main aim is to improve life for the local population
and he believes that is not what has happened in Iraq.
Mr
Griffin says: "There's contempt for the locals. We don't even
know how many have been killed."
His
advice to others is not to desert - but that if they have doubts,
they should follow their conscience, speaking out if they think that
the Iraq conflict is wrong.
Major
General Patrick Cordingley, who commanded the 7th Armoured Brigade
Desert Rats in the first Gulf war, said servicemen's views on Iraq
was prompting some to leave, but he said "good leadership"
would avoid it reaching epidemic proportions.
"There
are aspects of this particular conflict that one has to have
sympathy with," he told the programme, saying that service
personnel who had been to Iraq before or who had families who were
unhappy about them going were among those who might not want to go
there.
"If
you have such a person in your unit you have to discuss things with
them... you do not necessarily want people with you if they have
that particular view," he added.
Former
defence junior minister Don Touhig disputed the findings, arguing
that the evidence was purely anecdotal.
"We've
had lots of assertions of large numbers of people leaving the forces
or going absent because of Iraq. In 2001 2.65% of the forces went
absent... in 2005 it's 2.63%," he said.
"There
is anecdotal evidence perhaps that your reporters have gotten - and
I fully accept that. But there is no hard fact to suggest that our
engagement in Iraq is actually causing people to leave the
service."
He
also claimed there was no evidence that falling recruitment numbers
had any link to the situation in Iraq.
More
than 1,000 members of the British armed forces have deserted since
that start of the war in Iraq three years ago, the British
Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday.
The
BBC did not say how it arrived at the figure. Earlier this week,
Labor Party lawmaker John McDonnell told the House of Commons that
the level of desertion had tripled since 2003.
However,
the Ministry of Defense said the army knew of only "a
handful" of deserters since 1989, and said there had been no
significant increase in the number of soldiers going absent without
leave.
"There
is no evidence to suggest that operational commitments or any other
factor significantly contributes to the figures," said a
ministry spokeswoman, who, like other civil servants in Britain is
not allowed to give her name.
On
the U.S. side, over 7,000 American military personnel have deserted
the ranks since March of 2003. Of these, approximately 10% have
voluntarily surrendered themselves to American authorities and 5%
have been apprehended by law enforcement agencies. The bulk of these
deserters are either in Ireland, where they have applied for
political asylum, or in Germany where they have vanished into the
local populations.
Those
who have either deserted in America or simply not appeared for
call-up have gone to Canada or Mexico but in most cases,
American-based deserters have merely changed their names and
addresses. There is now a burgeoning business in the United States
in false documentation for these deserters and unless they surrender
themselves or are apprehended by the authorities for other reasons,
Pentagon authorities now admit they are “most unlikely” to be
located.
The
increases in the American population are not being matched by
increases in the personnel of American law enforcement agencies with
the result that Bush’s so-called “War on Terrorism” has been a
striking failure, at least on the domestic front.
This
theme, the anti-terrorist campaign, is now what it always was: a
means to control American popular opinion. Had any substantive gains
been made in the prevention of terrorist acts or the apprehension of
members of foreign-based terrorist organs, this would certainly have
received maximum publicity.
That
this has not occurred, is a strong indication that either there is
no such organized structure threatening continental America or that
American counter-terrorist organizations such as the FBI or the DHS
are unable to locate them.
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The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines, who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Brandon M. Hardy, 25, of Cochranville, Pa., Sgt. Lea R. Mills, 21, of Brooksville, Fla. Both Marines died April 28
while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. They were both assigned to 3rd Assault
Amphibian 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.
Sgt.
Steve M. Sakoda, 29, of Hilo, Hawaii, died
of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 29, when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat
operations. Sakoda was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Matthew A. Webber, 23, of Kalamazoo,
Mich., died on April 27, in the Brooke Army Medical Center, San
Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive
device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations in
Habbaniyah, Iraq, on Nov.21, 2005.
Webber was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st
Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Saginaw, Mich.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 28,
when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV
during combat operations. The soldiers were assigned to the 10th
Cavalry, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Killed were: Staff Sgt. Bryant A. Herlem, 37, of Copperass
Cove, Texas. Sgt. Jose Gomez, 23, of Corona, N.Y.
2
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Edward G. Davis III, 31, of Antioch, Ill., died April 28 while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian 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. 1st Sgt. Bobby Mendez, 38, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad,
Iraq, on April 27, when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his HMMWV during combat operations.
Mendez was assigned to the 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd
Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Mark A. Wall, 27, of Alden, Iowa,
died in Mosul, Iraq, on April 27, from a non-combat related cause.
Wall was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry
Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright,
Alaska.
4
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Robbie G. Light,
21, of Kingsport, Tenn., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq
on May 1, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
M1A2 Abrams tank during combat operations.
Light was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Robert L. Moscillo, 21, of Salem,
N.H., died May 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer 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. Sgt. Joseph E. Proctor,
38, of Indianapolis, Ind., died May 3 in Tammin, Iraq when a
suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device detonated near
his observation post during dismounted
combat patrol operations. Proctor
was assigned to the Army National Guard's 638th Battalion
(Aviation), Shelbyville, Ind.
5
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Elisha R. Parker, 21, of Taberg, N.Y.,
died May 4, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He
was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Baghdad,
Iraq on May 4, when an improvised explosive device detonated near
their RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle during combat operations.
Reinke and Quinton were assigned to the 5th Engineer
Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Killed were: Staff
Sgt. Gavin B. Reinke, 32, of Pueblo, Colo., . Spc. Bryan
L. Quinton, 24, of Sand Springs, Okla.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Capt. Brian S. Letendre, 27, of Woodbridge, Va., Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, 20, of
Suffield, Conn. Letendre
died May 3 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He
was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve’s Inspector and
Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine
Division, Plainville, Conn. Bixler died May 4 while
conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was
assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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The Department of Defense
announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They
died in Baghdad, Iraq on May 5, when an improvised explosive device
detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Killed were:
1st. Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz, 46, of Las Vegas, Nev., Spc. Teodoro Torres, 29, of Las
Vegas, Nev., Sgt.
Nathan J. Vacho, 29, of Janesville,
Wis. Saenz and Torres
were assigned to the Army Reserve’s 490th Civil Affairs Battalion,
Abilene, Texas. Vacho
was assigned to the Army Reserve’s 489th Civil Affairs Battalion,
Knoxville, Tenn. During
Operation Iraqi Freedom, all three were attached to the 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Matthew J. Fenton, 24, of Little Ferry,
N.J., died May 6 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.,
from wounds received while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq on April 26.
He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s Inspector and
Instructor Staff, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Fort Devens, Mass.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two Marines, who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Leon B. Deraps, 19, of
Jamestown, Mo., died May 6 while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 7th Engineer Support
Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Cpl. Cory L.
Palmer, 21, of Seaford, Del., died May 6 at Brooke Army Medical
Center in San Antonio, from wounds received while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on May
1. He was assigned to
the 2nd
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
Iraqi Freedom. Staff
Sgt. Gregory A. Wagner, 35, of Mitchell, S.D., died of injuries
sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 8, when an improvised fire
projectile struck his HMMWV during combat operation.
Wagner was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st
Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, Yankton, S.D.
10
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of 10 soldiers who
were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died east of Abad, Afghanistan, in the Kunar province,
on May 5, when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed during combat
operations. Killed were: Lt. Col.
Joseph J. Fenty, 41, of Fla., Chief Warrant Officer 3
Eric W. Totten, 34, of Texas., Chief
Warrant Officer 2 Christopher B. Donaldson, 28, of Ill.,
Staff Sgt. Christopher T. Howick, 34, of Hamburg,
N.Y., Sgt. Bryan A.
Brewster, 24, of Fontana, Calif., Sgt. John C. Griffith,
33, of Las Vegas, Nev., Sgt.
Jeffery S. Wiekamp, 23, of Utopia, Texas., Spc.
Justin L. O’Donohoe, 27, of San Diego, Calif., Spc.
David N. Timmons Jr., 23, of Lewisville, N.C., Pfc.
Brian M. Moquin Jr., 19, of Worcester, Mass. All
those killed were assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), Fort Drum N.Y. Fenty,
O’Donohoe, Timmons and Moquin were part of the 71st Cavalry
Regiment. Totten,
Donaldson, Howick, Brewster, Griffith, and Wiekamp were part of the
3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment. This incident is under investigation.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Spc.
Aaron P. Latimer, 26, of Ennis, Texas, died in Mosul, Iraq, on May 9.
Latimer was assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd
Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
This incident is under
investigation.
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The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom.Sgt. Alessandro Carbonaro, 28, of Bethesda,
Md., died May 10, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany,
from wounds received while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on May 1.
He was assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
12
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
They died in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, on May 6, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near their M1083 cargo truck during
combat operations. Both
soldiers were assigned to the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion,
172nd Infantry (Mountain), Brewer, Maine. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Dale J. Kelly
Jr., 48, of Richmond, Maine., Staff Sgt. David M.
Veverka, 25, of Jamestown, Pa.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Staff
Sgt. Emmanuel L. Legaspi, 38, of Las Vegas, Nev., died of
injuries sustained in Tal Afar, Iraq, on May 7, when his unit came
under enemy small arms fire during combat operations. Legaspi was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of four Marines who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Jason K. Burnett, 20, of St. Cloud, Fla., Lance Cpl. David J.
GramesSanchez,
22, of Fort Wayne, Ind., 2nd Lt. Michael L. Licalzi, 24, of Garden City, N.Y., Cpl. Steve Vahaviolos, 21, of Airmont, N.Y. All four Marines died May 11 as a result of a vehicle accident in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. All four Marines were assigned to the 2nd Tank
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 Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Ronald W. Gebur,
23, of Delavan, Ill., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq,
on May 13, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
HMMWV during combat operations.
Gebur was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Armer N. Burkart,
26, of Rockville, Md., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq,
on May 11, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
HMMWV during combat patrol
operations. Burkart was
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Adam C.
Conboy, 21, of Philadelphia, Pa., died May 12,
as a result of a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,
3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps
Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 11, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their HMMWV during combat patrol operations.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field
Artillery Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Killed
were: Pfc. Eric D. Clark, 22, of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., Pfc.
Stephen P. Snowberger III, 18, of Lopez, Pa.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Richard Z.
James,
20, of Seaford, Del., died May 13, while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lance
Cpl. Jose S. MarinDominguez Jr., 22, of Liberal, Kan. , Lance
Cpl. Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby, 21, of Overbrook, Okla. Both
Marines died May 14, while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
They were both assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
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The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Brandon L. Teeters, 21, of Lafayette,
La., died on May 12, in Ludwigshafen, Germany, of injuries sustained
on April 20, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq.
Teeters was assigned to the 8th Squadron, 10th Cavalry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They
died in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 15, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their vehicle during combat patrol
operations. Both
soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed were:Staff
Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., 29, of Baltimore, Md., Pfc. Grant A.
Dampier, 25, of Merrill, Wis.
17
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They
died on May 14, in Yusufiyah, Iraq, when their aircraft was shot
down during combat operations. Both
soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special
Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky .Killed
were: Maj. Matthew W. Worrell, 34, of Lewisville, Texas.,
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47 of Daleville, Ala.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Capt.
Shane R. Mahaffee, 36, of Alexandria, Va., died on May 15, in
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, of injuries sustained
on May 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
HMMWV during combat patrol operations in Al Hillah, Iraq.
Mahaffee was assigned to the Army Reserve's 489th Civil
Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tenn.
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The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel,
32, of Bowling Green, Ky., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad,
Iraq, on May 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated while
he was conducting a dismounted clearance mission during combat
operations. Halsel was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Ky.
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 14, when
an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during
combat operations. Both
soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 312th Regiment, 30th
Enhanced Separate Brigade, Clinton, N.C. Killed were: Chief
Warrant Officer 4, John W. Engeman, 45, of East North Port,
N.Y., Master Sgt.
Robert H. West, 37, of Elyria, Ohio
19
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was
supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. William B. Fulks,
23, of Culloden, W.Va., died May 18, at Brooke Army Medical Center,
San Antonio, from wounds received while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on May 1.
He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd
Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
20
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of four soldiers who were supporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom. They
died on May 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained on May 18,
when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV
during combat operations.Killed were:
Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland, 43, of San Antonio, Texas, 1st. Lt. Robert A. Seidel III,
23, of Gettysburg, Pa., Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr., 26, of
Bellevue, Neb., Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer, 25, of Gilmanton,
N.H..
Holland was assigned to the
352nd Civil Affairs Command, Fort Bragg, N.C..Seidel, Allen and
Cournoyer were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st
Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort
Drum, N.Y.
22
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Petty Officer Third Class Lee Hamilton Deal,
23, of West Monroe, La., died May 17, as a result of enemy action in
Al Anbar province, Iraq. He
was operationally assigned to Regimental Combat Team-5, I Marine
Expeditionary Force (Forward), and permanently assigned to 2nd
Marine Division Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was
supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Christian Longsworth, 26, of Newark, N.J.,
died in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, on May 19, from wounds
sustained when his convoy came under enemy small arms fire during
combat operations. Longsworth
was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort
Bragg, N.C.
23
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. David R. Christoff, 25, of Rossford, Ohio, Lance Cpl. William J.
Leusink, 21, of Maurice, Iowa, Lance Cpl. Benito A. Ramirez, 21, of Edinburg, Texas Ramirez
died May 21, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces
in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He
was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Christoff and Leusink both
died May 22, from wounds received while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
They were both assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
24
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Michael L. Hermanson, 21, of
Fargo, N.D., died on May 23, in AL Abayachi, Iraq, of injuries
sustained when his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle came under
improvised explosive device, rocket propel grenade and enemy small
arms fire while on a route-clearing mission during combat
operations. Hermanson was assigned to the Army National Guard's
164th Engineer Battalion, Minot, N.D.
25
The
Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who
were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Steven W. Freund, 20, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Lance Cpl. Robert G.
Posivio III,
22, of Sherburn, Minn. Both Marines died May 23,
while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. They
were assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
26
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Caleb A. Lufkin, 24, of Knoxville,
Ill., died on May 25, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained on May 4, when an improvised
explosive device detonated near his RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle
during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq.
Lufkin was assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion, Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo.
27
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Lucas, 20, of Greensboro,
N.C., died May 26, while
conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He
was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 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 in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 25, when an improvised explosive
device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th
Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Killed were: Capt. Douglas A. Dicenzo, 30, of Plymouth, N.H.,
Spc. Robert E. Blair, 22, of Ocala, Fla.
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