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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 - July 2007

There have been 3,959 coalition deaths -- 3,664 Americans, two Australians, 164 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 21 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of August 3, 2007.
The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 27,104 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. According to CNN Honor Roll.

Afghanistan
There have been 639 coalition deaths -- 417 Americans, one Australian, 68 Britons, 66 Canadians, one Czech, four Danes, nine Dutch, two Estonians, one Finnish, 10 French, 21 Germans, nine Italians, two Norwegians, one Portuguese, four Romanians, one South Korean, 21 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of August 3, 2007
At least 1,428 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.

Cpl. Steve Edwards 35 Badger Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Sutton Coldfield, England Killed when his Warrior Armored Vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the Mustashfa district of Basra, Iraq, on July 31, 2007
Sgt. Stephen R. Maddies 41 473rd Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar Platoon, Tennessee Army National Guard Elizabethton, Tennessee Died of wounds suffered from enemy small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 31, 2007
Cpl. Jason M. Kessler 29 C Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Mount Vernon, Washington Died of wounds suffered from a rocket-propelled grenade in northern Iraq on July 30, 2007
Cpl. Sean A. Stokes 24 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Auburn, California Died of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on July 30, 2007
Pfc. Cody C. Grater 20 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Spring Hill, Florida Died of wounds suffered from enemy direct fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 29, 2007
Staff Sgt. Wilberto Suliveras 38 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Humacao, Puerto Rico Died of wounds suffered from enemy small-arms fire in Taji, Iraq, on July 29, 2007
Maj. Thomas G. Bostick Jr. 37 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Llano, Texas One of two soldiers who died of injuries sustained when their unit came in contact with enemy small forces using small-arms fire during combat operations in Kamu, Afghanistan, on July 27, 2007
Staff Sgt. William R. Fritsche 23 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Martinsville, Indiana One of two soldiers who died of injuries sustained when their unit came in contact with enemy small forces using small arms fire during combat operations in Kamu, Afghanistan, on July 27, 2007
Pvt. Michael A. Baloga 21 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Everett, Washington Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on July 26, 2007
Spc. Charles E Bilbrey Jr. 21 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Owego, New York One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Saqlawiya, Iraq, on July 26, 2007
Sgt. William R. Howdeshell 37 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Norfolk, Virginia One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Saqlawiya, Iraq, on July 26, 2007
Spc. Jaime Rodriguez Jr. 19 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Oxnard, California One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Saqlawiya, Iraq, on July 26, 2007
Spc. Daniel A. Leckel 19 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Medford, Oregon Died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 25, 2007
Sgt. Courtney D. Finch 27 714th Maintenance Company, Kansas Army National Guard Leavenworth, Kansas Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Qayyara, Iraq, on July 24, 2007
Spc. Camy Florexil 20 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died on July 24, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 23.
Lance Cpl. Robert A. Lynch 20 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Louisville, Kentucky One of three Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Diyala province, Iraq, on July 24, 2007
Staff Sgt. Joshua P. Mattero 29 749th Ordnance Company, 63rd Explosive Ordnance Battalion, Andrews Air Force Base San Diego, California Died of wound suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Baquba, Iraq, on July 24, 2007
Cpl. James H. McRae 22 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Springtown, Texas One of three Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Diyala province, Iraq, on July 24, 2007
Hospitalman Daniel S. Noble 21 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Pacific Whittier, California Died as a result of enemy action while conducting security operations in the Diyala Province, Iraq, on July 24, 2007
Cpl. Matthew R. Zindars 21 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Watertown, Wisconsin One of three Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Diyala province, Iraq, on July 24, 2007
Sgt. Shawn G. Adams 21 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Dixon, California Died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Owaset, Iraq, on July 22, 2007
Lance Cpl. Bobby L. Twitty 20 Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Bedias, Texas Died from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq, on July 22, 2007
Lance Cpl. Timothy Darren "Daz" Flowers 25 The Corps of Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, attached to the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Northern Ireland Killed when he was struck by shrapnel during an indirect fire attack on the Basra Palace base in Basra, Iraq, on July 21, 2007
Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer 21 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force East Northport, New York Died of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on July 21, 2007
Sgt. Jacob S. Schmuecker 27 755th Recon/Decon Company, Nebraska Army National Guard Atkinson, Nebraska Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Balad, Iraq, on July 21, 2007
Cpl. Rhett A. Butler 22 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Fort Worth, Texas Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Khan Bani Sa'd, Iraq, on July 20, 2007
Senior Aircraftsman Matthew Caulwell 22 B Flight, No. 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Birmingham, England One of three British airmen killed when the airport in Basra, Iraq, was attacked with rockets on July 19, 2007
Sgt. Ronald L. Coffelt 36 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade Fair Oaks, California Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 19, 2007
Senior Aircraftsman Christopher Dunsmore 24 B Flight, No. 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Connah Quay, Flintshire, England One of three British airmen killed when the airport in Basra, Iraq, was attacked with rockets on July 19, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales 38 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt Bakersfield, California One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Adhamiya, Iraq, on July 18, 2007
Spc. Zachary R. Clouser 19 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt Dover, Pennsylvania One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Adhamiya, Iraq, on July 18, 2007
Spc. Richard Gilmore III 22 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt Jasper, Alabama One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Adhamiya, Iraq, on July 18, 2007
Spc. Daniel E. Gomez 21 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt Warner Robbins, Georgia One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Adhamiya, Iraq, on July 18, 2007
Sgt. Nathan S. Barnes 23 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division American Fork, Utah Killed when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small arms fire in Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, on July 17, 2007
Pfc. Brandon K. Bobb 20 401st Military Police Company, 92nd Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Orlando, Florida One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 17, 2007
Petty Officer First Class Jeffrey L. Chaney 35 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven Omaha, Nebraska One of two sailors killed while conducting combat operations in Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, on July 17, 2007
Pfc. James J. Harrelson 19 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Dadeville, Alabama Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 17, 2007
Pfc. Ron J. Joshua Jr. 19 401st Military Police Company, 92nd Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Austin, Texas One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 17, 2007
Chief Petty Officer Patrick L. Wade 38 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven Key West, Florida One of two sailors killed while conducting combat operations in Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, on July 17, 2007
Lance Cpl. Shawn V. Starkovich 20 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Arlington, Washington Died in Anbar province, Iraq, on July 16, 2007
Pfc. Benjamin B. Bartlett Jr. 25 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Manchester, Georgia Died of wounds suffered from a rocket propelled grenade in Mosul, Iraq, on July 15, 2007
Spc. Eric M. Holke 31 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry, California Army National Guard Crestline, California Died of wounds sustained from a non-combat related incident in Tallil, Iraq, on July 15, 2007
Sgt. John R. Massey 29 C Battery, 142nd Fires Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard Judsonia, Arkansas Died in Balad, Iraq, on July 15, 2007, of injuries suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 14.
Spc. Robert D. Varga 24 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion Monroe City, Missouri Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 15, 2007
Pfc. Christopher D. Kube 18 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Sterling Heights, Michigan Killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 14, 2007
Sgt. Allen A. Greka 29 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Alpena, Michigan Died of wounds sustained from a land mine detonation during a dismounted patrol in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, on July 13, 2007
Sgt. Courtney T. Johnson 26 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Garner, North Carolina Died of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire in Besmaya, Iraq, on July 11, 2007
1st Sgt. Jeffrey R. McKinney 40 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Garland, Texas Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Adhamiya, Iraq, on July 11, 2007
Capt. Maria I. Ortiz 40 Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic, Aberdeen Proving Ground Bayamon, Puerto Rico Killed during a mortar attack on the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 10, 2007
Pfc. Jason E. Dore 25 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Moscow, Maine Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 8, 2007
Spc. Roberto Causor Jr. 21 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division San Jose, California Died of injuries sustained when a roadside bomb detonated near his patrol in Samarra, Iraq, on July 7, 2007
Lance Cpl. Ryan Francis 23 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh Llanelli, Wales Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Warrior patrol during a large scale operation in the Tuninah district north of Basra, Iraq, on July 7, 2007
Cpl. Chris Read 22 158 Provost Company, 3rd Regiment Royal Military Police Dorset, England Died at the British Field Hospital at Basra Air Station of injuries sustained from small-arms fire while returning from a major operation to detain insurgents in Basra, Iraq, on July 7, 2007
Sgt. Gene L. Lamie 25 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Homerville, Georgia One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Iraq on July 6, 2007
Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Dale Lewis 30 East Coast-based SEAL team, Naval Special Warfare Group Two Brookfield, Connecticut One of three sailors killed due to enemy action during combat operations in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 6, 2007
Sgt. Eric A. Lill 28 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Chicago, Illinois Died in Rustamiya, Iraq, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad on July 6, 2007
Col. Jon M. Lockey 44 Headquarters, Department of the Army Fredericksburg, Virginia Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 6, 2007
Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Phillip Daugherty 28 East Coast-based SEAL team, Naval Special Warfare Group Two Barstow, California One of three sailors killed due to enemy action during combat operations in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 6, 2007
Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Richard McRill 42 East Coast-based SEAL team, Naval Special Warfare Group Two Lake Placid, Florida One of three sailors killed due to enemy action during combat operations in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 6, 2007
Pfc. Bruce C. Salazar Jr. 24 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Tracy, California One of two soldiers that died of wounds sustained from a roadside bomb detonation in Muhammad Sath, Iraq, on July 6, 2007
Rifleman Edward Vakabua 23 Company B, 4th Battalion The Rifles Nailuva Road, Suva, Fiji Died at Basra Palace base in Basra, Iraq, on July 6, 2007
Cpl. Kory D. Wiens 20 94th Mine Dog Detachment, 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade Independence, Oregon One of two soldiers that died of wounds sustained from a roadside bomb detonation in Muhammad Sath, Iraq, on July 6, 2007
Pfc. Le Ron A. Wilson 18 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Queens, New York One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Iraq on July 6, 2007
Maj. James M. Ahearn 43 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade Raeford, North Carolina One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb while conducting a patrol during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 5, 2007
Cpl. Jeremy D. Allbaugh 21 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Luther, Oklahoma One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on July 5, 2007
Sgt. Keith A. Kline 24 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade Oak Harbor, Ohio One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb while conducting a patrol during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 5, 2007
Spc. Michelle R. Ring 24 92nd Military Police Battalion Martin, Tennessee Died of wounds sustained from enemy mortar fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 5, 2007
Lance Cpl. Steven A. Stacy 23 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Coos Bay, Oregon One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on July 5, 2007
Spc. Jeremy L. Stacey 23 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Bismarck, Arkansas Died of wounds suffered from a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 5, 2007
Spc. Anthony M.K. Vinnedge 24 C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armor Cavalry Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard Okeana, Ohio Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex, Iraq, on July 5, 2007
Pfc. Steven A. Davis 23 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Woodbridge, Virginia Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with grenades in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 4, 2007
Pfc. Andrew T. Engstrom 22 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Slaton, Texas Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Taji, Iraq, on July 4, 2007
Chief Warrant Officer Scott A.M. Oswell 33 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Washington Died in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his Kiowa scout helicopter struck a power line in Ninevah province, Iraq, on July 4, 2007
1st Lt. Christopher N. Rutherford 25 Forward Support Group, 19th Engineer Battalion Newport, Ohio Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle near Balad, Iraq on July 2, 2007
Lance Cpl. Juan M. Garcia Schill 20 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Grants Pass, Oregon Died while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq on July 2, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Raymond R. Buchan 33 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Johnston, Pennsylvania One of two soldiers who died of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire in Ta'meem, Iraq, on July 1, 2007
Lance Cpl. William C. Chambers 20 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Ringgold, Georgia One of two Marines killed during a non-hostile boat accident in the Euphrates River just off the shore of Anbar province, Iraq, on July 1, 2007
Spc. Victor A. Garcia 22 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Rialto, California Died of wounds suffered from enemy small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 1, 2007
Pfc. Jonathan M. Rossi 22 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Safety Harbor, Florida Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his units using a homemade bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 1, 2007
Staff Sgt. Michael L. Ruoff Jr. 31 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Yosemite, California One of two soldiers who died of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire in Ta'meem, Iraq, on July 1, 2007
Lance Cpl. Jeremy L. Tinnel 20 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Mechanicsville, Virginia One of two Marines killed during a non-hostile boat accident in the Euphrates River just off the shore of Anbar province, Iraq, on July 1, 2007

MIA
One U.S. soldier is missing and three others are currently listed as captured as of July 2, 2007. The list below reflects the names officially listed as Prisoners of War or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown by the Pentagon.


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 inApril 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.
Spc. Edgar Hernandez 21 507th Maintenance Company Mission, Texas Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad.
Spc. Joseph Hudson 23 507th Maintenance Company Alamogordo, New Mexico Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad.
Spc. Shoshana Johnson 30 507th Maintenance Company El Paso, Texas Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad.
Pfc. Jessica Lynch 19 507th Maintenance Company Palestine, West Virginia Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 2, 2003, by U.S. troops from Saddam Hospital in Nasiriya.
Pfc. Patrick Miller 23 507th Maintenance Company Walter, Kansas Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad.
Sgt. James Riley 31 507th Maintenance Company Pennsauken, New Jersey Was missing after an Iraqi ambush at Nasiriya on March 23, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad.
Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams 30 Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment Florida Captured after his AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter was shot down near Karbala, Iraq, on March 24, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad.
Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young 26 Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment Lithia Springs, Georgia Captured after his AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter was shot down near Karbala, Iraq, on March 24, 2003. Rescued April 13, 2003, north of Baghdad.

Civilian Casulties
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 this 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 this site.

Honoring The Fallen of Iraq and Afghanistan


Update:
Recently I posted about an U.S. Veteran, who had served in Iraq, went missing, with no contact with family, from Mount Holly North Carolina. Paul Burazer has been found alive in Tennesee.

His mother, Mary Burazer, said her son seemed to be in good health. She said he contacted family from a pay phone in Clarksville, Tenn., on Thursday evening and said he had driven the more than 450 miles to visit friends stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. He told family members he had slept at the Salvation Army. His mother said the family's not sure why he did not call home.


Burazer left the Mount Holly apartment he shared with his brother at 9:30 p.m. July 19, saying he was bound for their parents' home, only 10 minutes away. His disappearance sparked a statewide search led by the Mount Holly Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation.


I have removed the Video News Report, about his disaperance, that I posted at YouTube.

Hopefully Paul found what he was looking for with his friends, and from what family members and co-workers had stated about his being troubled that he will seek the care needed and the country give that care for his service to.
And that All our present veterans Receive what this Country Owes Them, No Apathy This Time Around, us older Vets will make sure of that!!

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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