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In 2003 some 72% of Americans fully supported the Abandoning of the Missions and those Sent to Accomplish so extremely Quickly after 9/11!!
At least some 95%, if not more as less then 1% serve them, not only still support the, just below, total lack of Sacrifice, they ran from any and all Accountability and left everything still on the table to be continually used if the political/military want was still in play in future executive/legislative wants!!
DeJa-Vu: “With no shared sacrifices being asked of civilians after Sept. 11", Decades and War From, All Over Again!!
Especially for the Corporate and Wealthy Community, investors in Defense Industries, and for these, Afghanistan and Iraq, came Two Huge Tax Cuts, with more sweetheart deals to same from states and the fed!!


Thousands of people across America don’t just talk about honoring Veterans; they walk the walk. Dedicated Volunteers Serve Veterans for Decades

On this Executive Administration, it's Cabinet and those directly around same, "Best - Ever": "We haven't had this kind of visibility from the White House—ever." Joyce Raezer National Military Family Association - Dec. 30, 2011, and plenty more of similar since Joyce, others, spoke and continues!

Ask yourself: If the Veterans Administration is so corrupt and mismanaged, as the conservative ideology, under which the seeds of are planted when they control, wants everyone to buy into as they obstruct the budgets and do extremely little after they charge same, then why does the Private sector, many problems within rarely heard about, adopt so many practices and advanced technologies developed within the VA, for free?! The VA, DoD, and in partnership with Universities and Colleges, not just Health Care are constantly in R&D and that developed that works is quickly moved into the private, for profit, sector, even as the VA is long under funded, decades, and especially during and after our wars that the few are sent into!

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President Obama 26 August 2014

Fact: "This is not just a job of government. It’s not just a job of the veterans’ organizations. Every American needs to join us in taking care of those who've taken care of us. Because only 1 percent of Americans may be fighting our wars, but 100 percent of Americans benefit from that 1 percent. A hundred percent need to be supporting our troops. A hundred percent need to be supporting our veterans. A hundred percent need to be supporting our military families."

Fact:
"We’ve been able to accomplish historic increases to veterans funding. We’ve protected veterans health care from Washington politics with advanced appropriations. We’ve been able to make VA benefits available to more than 2 million veterans who didn't have them before, including more Vietnam vets who were exposed to Agent Orange. We’ve dedicated major new resources for mental health care. We’ve helped more than 1 million veterans and their families pursue their education under the Post-9/11 GI Bill."

August 26, 2014 - Secretary Robert A. McDonald's Remarks for the American Legion's 96th Annual Convention, Charlotte, NC
Fact: "Unlike, P&G, VA may not be concerned about quarterly profit and loss statements or shareholder value, but it does have a bottom line—Veterans. "
{which is why No Government agency should be turned into a private corporate entity feeding for profit off the Countries duty and responsibility, especially the VA}
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Fact: “We are dealing with veterans, not procedures—with their problems, not ours.” —General Omar Bradley, First Administrator of the Veterans Administration

Facts: Matthew Hoh {former Marine and foreign service officer in Afghanistan}: "We spend a trillion dollars a year on national security in this country."
"And when you add up to the Department of Defense, Department of State, CIA, Veterans Affairs, interest on debt, the number that strikes me the most about how much we're committed financially to these wars and to our current policies is we have spent $250 billion already just on interest payments on the debt we've incurred for the Iraq and Afghan wars."
26 September 2014

Fact: "If military action is worth our troops’ blood, it should be worth our treasure, too — not just in the abstract, but in the form of a specific ante by every American." -Andrew Rosenthal 10 Feb. 2013

Fact: "12 years also is a long time. We now have a lifetime responsibility to a generation of service members, veterans and their families." Dr. Jonathan Woodson 11 Sep. 2013: With 9/11 Came Lifetime Responsibility
{two tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, came with these two recent unpaid for wars, nor the results of, DeJa-Vu all over again from the previous decades and wars from! Ignore the many issues, by those served, no need to fund!}

Fact: Sen. Bernie Sanders told Republicans: “If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans, than don’t go war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about, We have a moral obligation to support them.” February, 26th, 2014

Fact: 25 June 2014 U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Veterans' Affairs issue an 'all too similar' scene

Fact: How We Could Do More For Our Vets: "We need to go into debt to pay our debt to U.S. veterans to make sure they get the care and services we owe them."

Fact: “Why in 2009 were we still using paper?” VA Assistant Secretary Tommy Sowers “When we came in, there was no plan to change that; we’ve been operating on a six month wait for over a decade.” 27 March 2013

WHY? GOOD QUESTION THOSE SERVED SHOULD ANSWER!


Bob Herbert Losing Our Way : "And then the staggering costs of these wars, which are borne by the taxpayers. I mean, one of the things that was insane was that, as we're at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration cut taxes. This has never been done in American history. The idea of cutting taxes while you're going to war is just crazy. I mean, it's madness." Bill 'Moyers and Company': Restoring an America That Has Lost its Way 10 Oct. 2014

Presidential Proclamation -- Veterans Day, 2013: "As we pay tribute to our veterans, we are mindful that no ceremony or parade can fully repay that debt." read more>>>


Under two previous Executive administrations and wars from, father and son. With son and conservative congresses leading the extremely quick abandoning of the missions and those sent to accomplish after 9/11:

ProPublica and The Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2012 - Lost to History: Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims by Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
"DeLara's case is part of a much larger problem that has plagued the U.S. military since the 1990 Gulf War: a failure to create and maintain the types of field records that have documented American conflicts since the Revolutionary War."

Part Two: A Son Lost in Iraq, but Where Is the Casualty Report?

Army Says War Records Gap Is Real, Launches Recovery Effort

3/27/15 - U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq
"During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today."
"When Brown and others tried to obtain their medical records to prove their illnesses were service-related, they learned that the records had disappeared."


Add in the issues of finally recognizing in War Theater and more Veterans, by the Shinseki Veterans Administration and the Executive Administrations Cabinet, what the Country choose to ignore from our previous decades and wars of: The devastating effects on Test Vets and from PTS, Agent Orange, Homelessness, more recent the Desert Storm troops Gulf War Illnesses, Gulf War Exposures with the very recent affects from In-Theater Burn Pits and oh so so much more! Tens of Thousands of Veterans' that have been long ignored and maligned by previous VA's and the whole Country and through their representatives!

How does a Country HONOR It's Fallen, by Their Own 'Sacrifice' in Taking Care of the Brothers and Sisters They Served With!!


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Sunday, October 10, 2010

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - June 2007

Bring 'Em on Home {Hope you don’t mind Ava}

Peace Takes Courage

There have been 3,869 coalition deaths -- 3,584 Americans, two Australians, 156 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 20 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of July 3, 2007, according to a CNN count. The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 26,350 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the War in Afghanistan

MIA

Sgt. Keith M. Maupin 20 724th Transportation Company, Army Reserve Batavia, Ohio Maupin was originally listed as missing after a fuel convoy was attacked near Baghdad International Airport by Iraqi insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire on April 9, 2004. A videotape broadcast by Al-Jazeera on April 16 showed Maupin being held hostage by Iraqi insurgents, and the Pentagon later changed his status to captured. Maupin was promoted in absentia on May 1, 2004, from private first class to specialist. On June 28, 2004, Al-Jazeera reported that it had received a statement and a videotape from militants who claimed to have killed Maupin. U.S. officials, however, were unable to identify the man as Maupin and he remains listed as captured. He was promoted to sergeant in April 2005.

Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie 41 Army reservist assigned Provincial Reconstruction Team Baghdad Ann Arbor, Michigan On October 23, 2006, Altaie was categorized as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown when he allegedly was kidnapped while on his way to visit family in Baghdad, Iraq. The Pentagon changed his status to missing-captured on December 11.

Pvt. Byron W. Fouty 19 Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Waterford, Michigan One of two soldiers listed as missing-captured since June 27, 2007. Both soldiers were initially listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown after their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Five other soldiers were killed in the attack.

Spc. Alex R. Jimenez 25 Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Lawrence, Massachusetts One of two soldiers listed as missing-captured since June 27, 2007. Both soldiers were initially listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown after their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Five other soldiers were killed in the attack.

KIA

Staff Sgt. Robb L. Rolfing 29 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group Milton, Massachusetts Died of wound sustained from enemy small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 30, 2007
Pfc. Cory F. Hiltz 20 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division La Verne, California One of five soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using roadside bombs in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Cpl. Paul Joszko 28 Company B, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Regiment of Wales) Mountain Ash, Wales One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were dismounted from a Warrior patrol in the Amtahiya district in the southeast of Basra, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Pvt. Scott Kennedy 20 The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Oakley, Dunfermline, Scotland One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were dismounted from a Warrior patrol in the Amtahiya district in the southeast of Basra, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Pvt. James (Jamie) Kerr 20 The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland One of three British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were dismounted from a Warrior patrol in the Amtahiya district in the southeast of Basra, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Sgt. Shin W. Kim 23 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Fullerton, California One of five soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using roadside bombs in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Sgt. Michael J. Martinez 24 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Chula Vista, California One of five soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using roadside bombs in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Sgt. Giann C. Joya Mendoza 27 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division North Hollywood, California One of five soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using roadside bombs in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Spc. Dustin L. Workman II 19 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Greenwood, Nebraska One of five soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using roadside bombs in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 28, 2007
Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Newsome 27 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Chicopee, Massachusetts Died of wounds sustained from a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 27, 2007
Cpl. Derek C. Dixon 20 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Riverside, Ohio Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on June 26, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Nathan L. Winder 32 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Blanding, Utah Died of wound sustained from enemy small-arms fire in Diwaniya, Iraq, on June 26, 2007
Pfc. Andre Craig Jr. 24 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division New Haven, Connecticut Died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 25, 2007
Sgt. Trista L. Moretti 27 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division South Plainfield, New Jersey Killed when her unit was attacked by insurgents using indirect fire in Nasir Lafitah, Iraq, on June 25, 2007
Pfc. Henry G. Byrd III 20 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Veguita, New Mexico Died on June 24, 2007, in Landstuhl, Germany, from a non-combat related illness sustained while in Iraq on June 18.
Spc. Carter A. Gamble Jr. 24 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Brownstown, Indiana Died of wounds suffered from enemy small-arms fire in Duraiya, Iraq, on June 24, 2007
Spc. Eric C. Palmer 21 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Maize, Kansas Died on June 24, 2007, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small-arms fire in Bayji, Iraq, on June 21.
Sgt. William E. Brown 25 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Phil Campbell, Alabama Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire in Taji, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Spc. Derek A. Calhoun 23 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Oklahoma City, Oklahoma One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Taji, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Sgt. Joel A. Dahl 21 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Los Lunas, New Mexico Died of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Sgt. Chris Davis 35 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Lubbock, Texas One of three soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Sgt. Joel A. House 22 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Lee, Maine One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Taji, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Spc. Joseph P. Kenny 20 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Veneta, Oregon Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Sgt. Jimy M. Malone 23 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Wills Point, Texas One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Taji, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Staff Sgt. Michael D. Moody Jr. 31 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Richmond, Virginia One of three soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Airman 1st Class Jason D. Nathan 22 48th Security Forces Squadron, 48th Mission Support Group, 48th Fighter Wing Macon, Georgia Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle during a patrol in Iraq, on June 23, 2007
1st Lt. Daniel P. Riordan 24 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division St. Louis, Missouri One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Taji, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Pvt. Shane M. Stinson 23 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Fullerton, California One of three soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by insurgents using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 23, 2007
Sgt. Michael J. Montpetit 31 15th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Honolulu, Hawaii Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 22, 2007
Cpl. John Rigby 24 Company B, 4th Battalion, The Rifles Rye, England Died of injuries sustained in a roadside bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, on June 22, 2007
Spc. Dominic N. Rodriguez 23 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Klamath Falls, Oregon Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 22, 2007
Pfc. Daniel J. Agami 25 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Coconut Creek, Florida One of five soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Spc. Karen N. Clifton 22 554th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion Lehigh Acres, Florida Died of wounds suffered when her vehicle was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Pfc. Anthony D. Hebert 19 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Lake City, Minnesota One of five soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Pfc. Thomas R. Leemhuis 23 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Binger, Oklahoma One of five soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Sgt. Alphonso J. Montenegro II 22 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Far Rockaway, New York One of five soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Pfc. Raymond N. Spencer Jr. 23 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Carmichael, California Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Pfc. Jerimiah J. Veitch 21 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Dibble, Oklahoma Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Sgt. Ryan M. Wood 22 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Oklahoma City, Oklahoma One of five soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2007
Pfc. David J. Bentz III 20 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Newfield, New Jersey One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 20, 2007
Maj. Sid W. Brookshire 36 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Missouri One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 20, 2007
Spc. Joe G. Charfauros Jr. 33 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Rota, Mariana Islands One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 20, 2007
Maj. Paul Harding 48 Fire Support Company, 4th Battalion, The Rifles Winchester, England Killed during an indirect fire attack on the Provincial Joint Coordination Centre in Basra, Iraq, on June 20, 2007
Staff Sgt. Darren P. Hubbell 38 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Tifton, Georgia One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 20, 2007
Sgt. Shawn P. Martin 30 Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Delmar, New York One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on June 20, 2007
Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Wilson 28 Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Duluth, Georgia One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on June 20, 2007
Spc. Darryl W. Linder 23 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Hickory, North Carolina Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in Baquba, Iraq, on June 19, 2007
Pfc. Joshua S. Modgling 22 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Las Vegas, Nevada One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Muhammad al Ali, Iraq on June 19, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class William A. Zapfe 35 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Muldraugh, Kentucky One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Muhammad al Ali, Iraq on June 19, 2007
Pfc. Larry Parks Jr. 24 3rd Battalion, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Altoona, Pennsylvania Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Arab Jabor, Iraq, on June 18, 2007
Sgt. Frank M. Sandoval 27 2nd Battalion, 5th Artillery Yuma, Arizona Died on June 18, 2007, of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small-arms fire in Tikrit, Iraq, on November 28, 2005.
Sgt. Eric L. Snell 35 3rd Battalion, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Trenton, New Jersey Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with insurgents using small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 18, 2007
Pfc. Jacob T. Tracy 20 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Palestine, Illinois Died June 18, 2007, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle on June 17 in Baghdad, Iraq
Pfc. David A. Wilkey Jr. 22 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Elkhart, Indiana Died on June 18, 2007, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 17, 2007
Lance Cpl. James Cartwright 21 Badger Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment London, England Died when Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle slid off a bridge into a small canal and overturned while securing a route for a resupply convoy in southern Iraq on June 16, 2007
Spc. Zachary A. Grass 22 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Beach City, Ohio One of two soldiers killed when the vehicle they were in struck a roadside bomb in Rashidiya, Iraq, on June 16, 2007
Sgt. Danny R. Soto 24 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Houston, Texas One of two soldiers killed when the vehicle they were in struck a roadside bomb in Rashidiya, Iraq, on June 16, 2007
1st Lt. Frank B. Walkup, IV 23 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Woodbury, Tennessee Died on June 16, 2007, in Kirkuk, Iraq, from injuries sustained when a roadside bomb exploded near his position during dismounted operations in Rashaad, Iraq
Maj. Kevin H. Sonnenberg 42 112th Fighter Squadron McClure, Ohio Killed when when his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet crashed shortly after takeoff five miles north of Balad Air Base, Iraq, on June 15, 2007
Pfc. Michael P. Pittman 34 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Davenport, Iowa Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb and small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 15, 2007
Spc. Val J. Borm 21 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Sidney, Nebraska One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 14, 2007
Cpl. Dustin R. Brisky 26 92nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Army Reserve Round Rock, Texas Died of wounds suffered from an explosion in Tallil, Iraq, on June 14, 2007
Spc. Farid Elazzouzi 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Paterson, New Jersey One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 14, 2007
Sgt. Richard K. Parker 26 Company A, 1st Battalion, 152nd Field Artillery Regiment, Maine Army National Guard Phillips, Maine Died on June 14, 2007, in Scania, Iraq, from wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during combat operations on June 13, 2007
Sgt. Derek T. Roberts 24 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Gold River, California One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 14, 2007
Staff Sgt. Michael A. Bechert 24 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division New Castle, Indiana Died on June 14, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 30, 2007
Spc. Josiah W. Hollopeter 27 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division San Diego, California Died in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small-arms fire in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on June 14, 2007
Pfc. Casey S. Carriker 20 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Hoquiam, Washington Died from injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 13, 2007
Spc. Damon G. LeGrand 27 571st Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade Lakeside, California Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with anti-tank mines, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 12, 2007
Pvt. William C. Johnson 22 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Oxford, North Carolina Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 12, 2007
Lance Cpl. Johnny R. Strong 21 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Waco, Texas Died while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on June 12, 2007
Lt. Col. Glade L. Felix 52 732nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron Lake Park, Georgia Died in Southwest Asia on June 11, 2007
Cameron K. Payne 22 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Corona, California Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb that exploded near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 11, 2007
Airman 1st Class Eric M. Barnes 20 90th Logistics Readiness Squadron Lorain, Ohio Died as a result of a roadside bomb attack on an Air Force convoy about 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on June 10, 2007
Cpl. Llythaniele Fender 21 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment Medical Lake, Washington One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Karbala, Iraq, on June 10, 2007
Spc. Adam G. Herold 23 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Omaha, Nebraska One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Karbala, Iraq, on June 10, 2007
Staff Sgt. Brian M. Long 32 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Burns, Wyoming Died of wounds suffered from an explosive ordnance in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 10, 2007
Cpl. Meresebang Ngiraked 21 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment Koror, Republic of Palau One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Karbala, Iraq, on June 10, 2007
Sgt. Cory M. Endlich 23 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Massillon, Ohio Died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire in Taji, Iraq, on June 9, 2007
Pvt. Scott A. Miller 20 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Casper, Wyoming Died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire in Baquba, Iraq, on June 9, 2007
Senior Airman William N. Newman 23 Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team, 15th Civil Engineer Squadron Kingston Springs, Tennessee Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb south of Balad, Iraq, on June 7, 2007
Cpl. Rodney Wilson 30 4th Battalion, The Rifles England Killed when his patrol was attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Al Atiyah district, northwest of Basra, Iraq, on June 7, 2007
Staff Sgt. Timothy B. Cole Jr. 28 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Missouri City, Texas Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in As Sadah, Iraq, on June 6, 2007
Pfc. Shawn D. Gajdos 25 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Grand Rapids, Michigan Killed when the vehicle he was traveling in came under attack by enemy forces using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 6, 2007
Sgt. Matthew Soper 25 1461st Transportation Company (Combat Heavy Equipment), Michigan Army National Guard Kalamazoo, Michigan Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in Bayji, Iraq, on June 6, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Greg L. Sutton 38 212th Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Spring Lake, North Carolina Died of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 6, 2007
Tech. Sgt. Ryan A. Balmer 33 Special Agent to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Mishawaka, Indiana One of two airmen killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 5, 2007
Sgt. Andrews J. Higgins 28 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Hayward, California Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Baquba, Iraq, on June 5, 2007
Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Kuglics 25 Special Agent to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations North Canton, Ohio One of two airmen killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 5, 2007
Pfc. Justin A. Verdeja 20 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division La Puente, California Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 5, 2007
Sgt. James C. Akin 23 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Albuquerque, New Mexico One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Thania, Iraq, on June 3, 2007
Sgt. Caleb P. Christopher 25 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Chandler, Arizona Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 3, 2007
Staff Sgt. Greg P. Gagarin 38 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Los Angeles, California One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Thania, Iraq, on June 3, 2007
Sgt. Tyler J. Kritz 21 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Eagle River, Wisconsin One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Thania, Iraq, on June 3, 2007
Sgt. Robert A. Surber 24 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Inverness, Florida One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Thania, Iraq, on June 3, 2007
Sgt. Kimel L. Watt 21 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Brooklyn, New York Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 3, 2007
Pfc. Joshua D. Brown 26 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Tampa, Florida Died June 3, 2007 of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 2, 2007
Spc. Romel Catalan 21 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Los Angeles, California Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Ameriya, Iraq, on June 2, 2007
Spc. Jeremiah D. Costello 22 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Carlinville, Illinois One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle near Qayyara, Iraq, on June 2, 2007
Spc. William J. Crouch 21 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Zachary, Louisiana Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Al Hadid, Iraq, on June 2, 2007
Sgt. Dariek E. Dehn 32 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Spangle, Washington Died of wound suffered from a roadside bomb in Sharkat, Iraq, on June 2, 2007
Sgt. Shawn E. Dressler 22 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Santa Maria, California Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 2, 2007 Spc. Keith V. Nepsa 21 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division New Philadelphia, Ohio One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle near Qayyara, Iraq, on June 2, 2007
Staff Sgt. Juan F. Campos 27 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division McAllen, Texas Died on June 1, 2007, of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents using homemade bombs and rocket propelled grenades in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 14.
Staff Sgt. Travis W. Atkins 31 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Bozeman, Montana Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit in Yusufiya, Iraq, on June 1, 2007
Sgt. Bruce E. Horner 43 127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Support Command Newport News, Virginia Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 1, 2007

Iraq Index Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-Saddam Iraq

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John Hopkins School of Public Health - The Lancet Report {pdf} puts the count at 650,000, with a range from 400,000 to 900,000.

Exact Count of Civilian Casulties may never be known, as is the case in every conflict, especially an Invasion by another Country. For it is the Innocent Civilians and those Defending their Countries {of which All would be counted if this land were ever invaded} who suffer the most, during and long after!

All the Deaths, Maimings and Destruction are the Blood on All Our Hands, No One can escape the Guilt!

You can view other Honor Rolls of the Fallen I have posted on my site, or from the CNN link at top and the other sources that you might use or know about. I have other links on the right hand side, of my site.

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq




Where's The Rage


If they were sent to fight, they are too few. If they were sent to die, they are too many!

Is 'Funding' Really For Troops?

What Happened To Funding and Oversite For Military/Veteran Care In Previous Congresses?

Those who take some sort of relief in the "We are fighting them over there so we won't be fighting them here!", Better Rethink their Future, or rather their Childrens Future!!

The Failed Policies will Haunt Us and the World for Decades!!

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