{This blog is not affiliated with the VA. Though a Veteran, four yrs. all shore in Navy last year In-Country Vietnam, I don't work for the VA}
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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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Saturday, October 9, 2010

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

There have been 3,749 coalition deaths -- 3,473 Americans { U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3476 Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 4 Total 3480 icasualties.org }, two Australians, 149 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, 7 Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 32 Italians, one Kazakh, three Latvian, 19 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, five Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians.
Numbers and Names received from the CNN Iraq Casulties Site
At least 25,549 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
You can also view casualties in the war in Afghanistan HERE

MIA

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 Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown since 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.
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 Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown since 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. 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.
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. { Full story }

KIA

Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Weiglein 31 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Audubon, New Jersey One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol in Ilbu Falris, Iraq, on May 29, 2007
Sgt. Richard V. Correa 25 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Honolulu, Hawaii One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol in Ilbu Falris, Iraq,onMay 29, 2007
1st Lt. Keith N. Heidtman 24 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Norwich, Connecticut One of two soldiers killed when their OH-58D Kiowa helicopter crashed after receiving heavy enemy fire during combat operations in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on May 28, 2007
Staff Sgt. Thomas M. McFall 36 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), 2nd Infantry Division Glendora, California One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 28, 2007
Pfc. Junior Cedeno Sanchez 20 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), 2nd Infantry Division Miami, Florida One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their position during a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 28, 2007
Chief Warrant Officer Theodore U. Church 32 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Ohio One of two soldiers killed when their OH-58D Kiowa helicopter crashed after receiving heavy enemy fire during combat operations in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on May 28, 2007
Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Villarreal 21 Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Eagle Pass, Texas Died from a non-hostile vehicle accident at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait, on May 27, 2007
Spc. Clinton C. Blodgett 19 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Pekin, Indiana Died when the vehicle he was in struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Sgt. Clayton G. Dunn II 22 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Moreno Valley, California One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Pfc. Charles B. Hester 23 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), 2nd Infantry Division Cataldo, Idaho Died of wounds suffered when the vehicle he was in struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Spc. Michael J. Jaurigue 20 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Texas City, Texas One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Spc. Gregory N. Millard 22 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division San Diego, California One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Spc. Erich S. Smallwood 23 Company A, 875th Engineer Battalion, Arkansas Army National Guard Trumann, Arkansas Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle near Balad, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Spc. Francis M. Trussel Jr. 21 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Lincoln, Illinois Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his position in Tahrir, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Sgt. Nicholas R. Walsh 27 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Millstadt, Illinois Died from wounds suffered during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 26, 2007
Pvt. William L. Bailey III 29 755th Chemical Reconnaissance/Decontamination Company, Nebraska Army National Guard Bellevue, Nebraska Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Taji, Iraq, on May 25, 2007
Spc. Mathew P. LaForest 21 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Austin, Texas Died of injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Taji, Iraq, on May 25, 2007
Lance Cpl. David P. Lindsey 20 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Spartanburg, South Carolina Died from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 25, 2007
Spc. Alexander Rosa Jr. 22 293rd Military Police Company, 3rd Military Police Battalion Orlando, Florida Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on May 25, 2007
Spc. Benjamin J. Ashley 22 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Independence, Montana Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Balad, Iraq, on May 24, 2007
Spc. Mark R. C. Caguioa 21 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Stockton, California Died on May 24, 2007 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, of wounds suffered when the vehicle he was in struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 4
Pfc. Robert H. Dembowski 20 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Ivyland, Pennsylvania Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 24, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Dunham 36 1st Brigade Transition Team, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Baltimore, Maryland One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 24, 2007
Staff Sgt. Russell K. Shoemaker 31 1st Brigade Transition Team, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Sweet Springs, Montana One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 24, 2007
Sgt. Iosiwo Uruo 27 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Agana Heights, Guam Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Bhuriz, Iraq, on May 24, 2007
Pfc. Casey P. Zylman 22 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Coleman, Michigan Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Tal Afar, Iraq, on May 24, 2007
Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher Jr. 27 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Penfield, New York One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 23, 2007
Pfc. Daniel P. Cagle 22 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Carson, California One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 23, 2007
Cpl. Victor H. Toledo Pulido 22 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Hanford, California One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Nahrawan, Iraq, on May 23, 2007
Cpl. Jonathan D. Winterbottom 21 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Falls Church, Virginia One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Nahrawan, Iraq, on May 23, 2007
Cpl. Jeremy Brookes 28 4th Battalion, The Rifles Birmingham, England Died of wounds sustained in a small-arms fire attack as his unit was escorting a re-supply convoy in Basra, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Lance Cpl. Benjamin D. Desilets 21 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Elmwood, Illinois One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Staff Sgt. Kristopher A. Higdon 25 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Odessa, Texas One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit in Taji, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Staff Sgt. David C. Kuehl 27 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/td> Wahpeton, North Dakota Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit in Taji, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Sgt. Robert J. Montgomery Jr. 29 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Scottsburg, Indiana Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his unit in Al Jabour, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Pvt. Oscar Sauceda Jr. 21 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Del Rio, Texas Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Cpl. Julian M. Woodall 21 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Tallahassee, Florida One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Pfc. Robert A. Worthington 19 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Jackson, Georgia One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their unit in Taji, Iraq, on May 22, 2007
Staff Sgt. Shannon V. Weaver 28 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Urich, Missouri One of three soldiers killed when multiple roadside bombs detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 21, 2007
Sgt. Brian D. Ardron 32 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Acworth, Georgia One of three soldiers killed when multiple roadside bombs detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 21, 2007
Spc. Michael W. Davis 22 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division San Marcos, Texas One of three soldiers killed when multiple roadside bombs detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 21, 2007
Spc. David W. Behrle 20 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Tipton, Iowa One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Cpl. Ryan D. Collins 20 Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Vernon, Texas Died May 19, 2007 in Hamiya, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire on May 18. The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation
Spc. Joseph A. Gilmore 26 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Webster, Florida One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Pfc. Travis F. Haslip 20 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Ooltewah, Tennessee One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Sgt. Jean P. Medlin 27 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Pelham, Alabama One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Staff Sgt. Christopher Moore 28 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Alpaugh, California One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Sgt. Jason A. Schumann 23 A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Hawley, Minnesota Died of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle near Diwaniya, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Pfc. Alexander R. Varela 19 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Fernley, Nevada One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Sgt. Justin D. Wisniewski 22 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Standish, Michigan Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his unit while searching for three missing soldiers near Lutifiya, Iraq, on May 19, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Scott J. Brown 33 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Windsor, Colorado One of two soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 18, 2007
Sgt. Anselmo Martinez III 26 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Robstown, Texas One of three soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using a roadside bomb in Tahrir, Iraq, on May 18, 2007
Spc. Marquis J. McCants 23 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division San Antonio, Texas One of two soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 18, 2007
Spc. Casey W. Nash 22 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Baltimore, Maryland One of three soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using a roadside bomb in Tahrir, Iraq, on May 18, 2007
Spc. Joshua G. Romero 19 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Crowley, Texas One of three soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using a roadside bomb in Tahrir, Iraq, on May 18, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Jesse B. Albrecht 31 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Hager City, Wisconsin One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Iskandariya, Iraq, on May 17, 2007
Pfc. Victor M. Fontanilla 23 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Stockton, California One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Iskandariya, Iraq, on May 17, 2007
Pfc. Aaron D. Gautier 19 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Hampton, Virginia Died of wounds suffered when his mounted patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire and a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 17, 2007
Pfc. Jonathan V. Hamm 20 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Baltimore, Maryland Died of wounds sustained when his forward operating base received indirect enemy fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 17, 2007
Sgt. Steven M. Packer 23 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Clovis, California Died of wounds suffered when his dismounted patrol encountered a roadside bomb in Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, on May 17, 2007
Spc. Coty J. Phelps 20 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Kingman, Arizona One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Iskandariya, Iraq, on May 17, 2007
Sgt. Allen J. Dunckley 25 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Yardley, Pennsylvania One of two soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using a homemade bomb and small arms fire in Salman Pak, Iraq, on May 14, 2007
Sgt. Christopher N. Gonzalez 25 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Winslow, Arizona One of two soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using a homemade bomb and small arms fire in Salman Pak, Iraq, on May 14, 2007
Pfc. Nicholas S. Hartge 20 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Rome City, Indiana Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using grenades and a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 14, 2007
Pvt. Henrik N¿bbe 20 Jutland Dragoon Regiment, Royal Danish Army Aarhus, Denmark Killed when a roadside bomb struck his patrol, followed by small-arms fire, in the northern suburb of al-Hartha in Basra, Iraq, on May 14, 2007
Staff Sgt. John T. Self 29 314th Security Forces Squadron, 314th Mission Support Group, 314th Airlift Wing Pontotoc, Mississippi Died as a result of enemy action near Baghdad, Iraq, on May 14, 2007
Lance Cpl. Jeffrey D. Walker 21 Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Macon, Georgia Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 14, 2007
Sgt. Thomas G. Wright 38 46th Military Police Company, 210th Military Police Battalion Holly, Michigan Died on May 14, 2007 en route to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, from a non-combat related illness while serving in Balad, Iraq
1st Lt. Andrew J. Bacevich 27 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Walpole, Massachusetts Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit during combat patrol operations in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, on May 13, 2007
Spc. Rhys W. Klasno 20 1114th Transportation Company Riverside, California Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Haditha, Iraq, on May 13, 2007
Pfc. Joseph J. Anzack Jr. 20 Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Torrance, California One of five soldiers killed when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Two other soldiers in the patrol are listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown.
Sgt. 1st Class James D. Connell 40 Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Lake City, Tennessee One of five soldiers killed when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Two other soldiers in the patrol are listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown.
Pfc. Daniel W. Courneya 19 Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Nashville, Michigan One of five soldiers killed when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Two other soldiers in the patrol are listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown
Pvt. Christopher E. Murphy 21 Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Lynchburg, Virginia One of five soldiers killed when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Two other soldiers in the patrol are listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown.
Sgt. Anthony J. Schober 23 Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Reno, Nevada One of five soldiers killed when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Two other soldiers in the patrol are listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown.
Pfc. William A. Farrar Jr. 20 127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Redlands, California Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Iskandariya, Iraq, on May 11, 2007
Maj. Douglas A. Zembiec 34 Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps National Capital Region Albuquerque, New Mexico Died during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 11, 2007
Spc. Michael K. Frank 36 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Great Falls, Montana Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 10, 2007
Pvt. Anthony J. Sausto 22 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Lake Havasu City, Arizona Died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 10, 2007
Pfc. Roy L. Jones III 21 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion Houston, Texas Died of wounds suffered from small-arms fire in Diwaniya, Iraq, on May 10, 2007
Sgt. Jason W. Vaughn 29 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Iuka, Mississippi Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Baquba, Iraq, on May 10, 2007
Sgt. Maj. Bradly D. Conner 41 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Killed when a roadside bomb detonated detonated near his Humvee in a convoy near Hilla, Iraq, on May 9, 2007
Lance Cpl. Walter K. O'Haire 20 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Lynn, Massachusetts Died of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 9, 2007
Spc. Kyle A. Little 20 Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division West Boylston, Massachusetts One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Salman Pak, Iraq, on May 8, 2007
Spc. Dan H. Nguyen 24 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Sugar Land, Texas Killed when he came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire in Tahrir, Iraq, on May 8, 2007
Sgt. Blake C. Stephens 25 Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Pocatello, Idaho One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Salman Pak, Iraq, on May 8, 2007
Cpl. Matthew L. Alexander 21 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Gretna, Nebraska One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Cpl. Anthony M. Bradshaw 21 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division San Antonio, Texas One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Spc. Robert J. Dixon 27 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Minneapolis, Minnesota Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Sgt. Jason R. Harkins 25 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Clarkesville, Georgia One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Kiernan 37 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Virginia Beach, Virginia Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat patrol operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Sgt. Joel W. Lewis 28 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Sandia Park, New Mexico One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Staff Sgt. Virgil C. Martinez 33 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division West Valley, Utah Died of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using a homemade bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Cpl. Michael A. Pursel 19 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Clinton, Utah One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Sgt. Sameer A. M. Rateb 22 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Absecon, New Jersey Died of injuries sustained from non-combat related incident in Bayji, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Staff Sgt. Vincenzo Romeo 23 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Lodi, New Jersey One of six soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baquba, Iraq, on May 6, 2007
Pvt. Kevin Thompson 21 19 Combat Service Support Battalion, 19 Light Brigade Lancaster, England Died on May 6, 2007, at Selly Oak hospital in Birmingham, England, of injuries suffered when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle during a re-supply convoy in Basra, Iraq, on May 3
Master Sgt. Kenneth N. Mack 42 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group Fort Worth, Texas One of two Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 5, 2007
Cpl. Charles O. Palmer II 36 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group Manteca, California One of two Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 5, 2007
Pfc. Larry I. Guyton 22 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Brenham, Texas One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 4, 2007
Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Hamlin 24 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division London, Kentucky One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 4, 2007
Spc. Matthew T. Bolar 24 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Montgomery, Alabama Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
Pfc. John D. Flores 21 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Barrigada, Guam One of two soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
Sgt. Felix G. Gonzalez-Iraheta 25 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Sun Valley, California One of two soldiers killed when their unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
Spc. Kelly B. Grothe 21 Company B, 321st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve Spokane, Washington One of two soldiers killed when their armored personnel carrier was struck by a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
Pfc. Jerome J. Potter 24 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Tacoma, Washington Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
Staff Sgt. Coby G. Schwab 25 Company B, 321st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve Puyallup, Washington One of two soldiers killed when their armored personnel carrier was struck by a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
1st Lt. Colby J. Umbrell 26 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Doylestown, Pennsylvania Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Musayyib, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
Spc. Andrew R. Weiss 28 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Lafayette, Indiana Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 3, 2007
1st Lt. Ryan P. Jones 23 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Massachusetts One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 2, 2007
Pfc. Katie M. Soenksen 19 410th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Davenport, Iowa Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near her vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 2, 2007
Spc. Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda 20 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Long Beach, California One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 2, 2007
Maj. Nick Bateson 49 Royal Corps of Signals Chislehurst, Kent, England Killed in an accident with a coach while riding his bicycle on the British contingency operating base at Basra Air Station in southern Iraq on May 1, 2007
Pfc. Zachary R. Gullett 20 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Hillsboro, Ohio Died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 1, 2007
Lance Cpl. Johnathan E. Kirk 25 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Belhaven, North Carolina Died on May 1, 2007, of wounds received while conducting combat operations on April 23, 2007, in Anbar province, Iraq

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 - April 2007

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

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - Feb. 2007

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - Jan. 2007

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - 2006

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - 2005

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - 2004

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq - 2003



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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