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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 - August 2007

Iraq
There have been 4,035 coalition deaths -- 3,737 Americans, two Australians, 168 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 31, 2007, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties). 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 27,662 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. And can be viewed at the CNN Honor Roll

Afghanistan
There have been 670 coalition deaths -- 434 Americans, one Australian, 74 Britons, 70 Canadians, one Czech, four Danes, 10 Dutch, two Estonians, one Finn, 11 French, 21 Germans, nine Italians, two Norwegians, one Pole, one Portuguese, four Romanians, one South Korean, 21 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of August 31, 2007, according to a CNN count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. At least 1,521 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.

Spc. Edward L. Brooks 25 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Dayton, Ohio Died of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb exploded in Ramadi, Iraq, on August 29, 2007
Capt. Erick M. Foster 29 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Wexford, Pennsylvania Killed when insurgents attacked his unit during combat operations in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on August 29, 2007
Cpl. John C. Tanner 21 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Columbus, Georgia Died while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on August 29, 2007
Sgt. James S. Collins Jr. 35 303rd Military Police Company (Combat Support), U.S. Army Reserve Rochester Hills, Michigan Died of wounds suffered during combat operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on August 28, 2007
Sgt. Joshua L. Morley 22 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Boise, Idaho One of two soldiers who died of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on August 26, 2007
Lance Cpl. Rogelio A. Ramirez 21 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Pasadena, California Died while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on August 26, 2007
Spc. Tracy C. Willis 21 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Marshall, Texas One of two soldiers who died of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their unit during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on August 26, 2007
Lance Cpl. Matthew S. Medlicott 21 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Houston, Texas Died of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on August 25, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class David A. Heringes 36 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Tampa, Florida Died near Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated near his unit during combat operations in Bayji, Iraq on August 24, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Adrian M. Elizalde 30 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group North Bend, Indiana One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near Al Aziziya, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on August 23, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Tully 33 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Falls Creek, Pennsylvania One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb near Al Aziziya, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on August 23, 2007
Spc. Rickey L. Bell 21 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment Caruthersville, Missouri One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Cpl. Jeremy P. Bouffard 21 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Middlefield, Massachusetts One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Cpl. Phillip J. Brodnick 25 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division New Lenox, Illinois One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Pfc. Edgar E. Cardenas 34 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Lilburn, Georgia Died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Capt. Derek A. Dobogai 26 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Fond du Lac, Wisconsin One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Chief Warrant Officer Paul J. Flynn 28 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment Whitsett, North Carolina One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Cpl. Joshua S. Harmon 20 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Mentor, Ohio One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Spc. Michael A. Hook 25 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Altoona, Pennsylvania One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Cpl. Nathan C. Hubbard 21 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Clovis, California One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007. His older brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Hubbard, was killed in Iraq in 2004
Sgt. Garrett I. McLead 23 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Rockport, Texas One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Staff Sgt. Jason L. Paton 25 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Poway, California One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Spc. Jessy G. Pollard 22 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Springfield, Missouri One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Spc. Tyler R. Seideman 20 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Lincoln, Arkansas One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Sgt. Matthew L. Tallman 30 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment Groveland, California One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Pfc. Omar E. Torres 20 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Chicago, Illinois Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his unit during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Capt. Corry P. Tyler 29 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment Georgia One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007
Staff Sgt. Sandy R. Britt 30 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Apopka, Florida Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his unit during combat operations near Baghdad, Iraq, on August 21, 2007
Capt. Michael S. Fielder 35 248th Medical Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Medical Command, XVIII Airborne Corps Holly Springs, North Carolina Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 19, 2007
1st Lt. Jonathan W. Edds 24 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division White Pigeon, Michigan Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacks his vehicle using a homemade bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 17, 2007
Spc. Kamisha J. Block 20 401st Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Vidor, Texas Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 16, 2007
Staff Sgt. Paul B. Norris 30 401st Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Cullman, Alabama Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Balad, Iraq, on August 16, 2007
Staff Sgt. Robert R. Pirelli 29 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group Franklin, Massachusetts Died of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire in Iraq on August 15, 2007
Cpl. Willard M. Powell 21 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), 2nd Infantry Division Evansville, Indiana Died in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when the enemy attacked using small-arms fire during combat operations in Taramiya, Iraq, on August 16, 2007
Sgt. Princess C. Samuels 22 Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Mitchellville, Maryland One of two soldiers killed when the enemy attacked using indirect fire in Taji, Iraq, on August 15, 2007
Spc. Zandra T. Walker 28 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Aviation Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Greenville, South Carolina One of two soldiers killed when the enemy attacked using indirect fire in Taji, Iraq, on August 15, 2007
Staff Sgt. Sean P. Fisher 29 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49 Santee, California One of five soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in Taqqadum, Iraq, on August 14, 2007
Pfc. Shawn D. Hensel 20 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Logansport, Indiana Died of wounds suffered during an enemy attack on August 14, 2007
Spc. Steven R. Jewell 26 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49 Bridgeton, North Carolina One of five soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in Taqqadum, Iraq, on August 14, 2007
Chief Warrant Officer Christopher C. Johnson 31 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49 Michigan One of five soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in Taqqadum, Iraq, on August 14, 2007
Chief Warrant Officer Jackie L. McFarlane Jr. 30 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49 Virginia Beach, Virginia One of five soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in Taqqadum, Iraq, on August 14, 2007
Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Reynolds 37 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49 Rock, West Virginia One of five soldiers killed when their helicopter crashed in Taqqadum, Iraq, on August 14, 2007
Staff Sgt. Eric D. Cottrell 39 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Pittsview, Alabama One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Qayyara, Iraq, on August 13, 2007
Spc. Alun R. Howells 20 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Parlin, Colorado Died of wounds suffered enemy indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 13, 2007
Pfc. Juan M. Lopez Jr. 23 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division San Antonio, Texas One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Qayyara, Iraq, on August 13, 2007
Pfc. Paulomarko U. Pacificador 24 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Shirley, New York One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Qayyara, Iraq, on August 13, 2007
Pfc. William L. Edwards 23 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Houston, Texas Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small-arms fire in Arab Jabour, Iraq, on August 11, 2007
Sgt. Scott L. Kirkpatrick 26 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Reston, Virginia One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Arab Jabour, Iraq, on August 11, 2007
Sgt. Andrew W. Lancaster 23 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Stockton, Illinois One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Arab Jabour, Iraq, on August 11, 2007
Spc. Justin O. Penrod 24 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Mahomet, Illinois One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Arab Jabour, Iraq, on August 11, 2007
Staff Sgt. William D. Scates 31 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Oklahoma City, Oklahoma One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Arab Jabour, Iraq, on August 11, 2007
Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran 24 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Roxbury, Massachusetts Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Iraq on August 10, 2007
Staff Sgt. Alicia A. Birchett 29 887th Engineer Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Mashpee, Massachusetts Died on August 9, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident on August 8.
Lance Sgt. Chris Casey 27 1st Battalion, Irish Guards London, England One of two British soldiers killed when their Snatch Armored Land Rover was hit by a roadside bomb north of the Rumalia oilfields in southern Iraq on August 9, 2007
Sgt. Michael E. Tayaotao 27 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Sunnyvale, California Died of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on August 9, 2007
Lance Cpl. Kirk Redpath 22 1st Battalion, Irish Guards Romford, England One of two British soldiers killed when their Snatch Armored Land Rover was hit by a roadside bomb north of the Rumalia oilfields in southern Iraq on August 9, 2007
Cpl. Reynold Armand 21 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Rochester, New York Died in Balad, Iraq, on August 7, 2007. His death is currently under investigation.
Leading Aircraftman Martin Beard 20 No. 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, England Shot and killed when his foot patrol was attacked north of the British base at Basra Air Station in Basra, Iraq, on August 7, 2007
Sgt. Jon E. Bonnell Jr. 22 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Fort Dodge, Iowa Died of wounds suffered while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on August 7, 2007
Spc. Donald M. Young 19 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Helena, Montana Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 7, 2007
Cpl. Juan M. Alcantara 22 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division New York One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Baquba, Iraq, on August 6, 2007
Pvt. Craig Barber 20 Company C, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh Ogmore Vale, Wales Killed by small-arms fire while driving a Warrior Armored Vehicle during a night operation to counter indirect fire attacks on Basra Palace in Basra, Iraq, on August 6, 2007
Sgt. Nicholas A. Gummersall 23 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Chubbuck, Idaho One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Baquba, Iraq, on August 6, 2007
Spc. Kareem R. Khan 20 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Manahawkin, New Jersey One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Baquba, Iraq, on August 6, 2007
Spc. Christopher T. Neiberger 22 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Gainesville, Florida Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 6, 2007
Staff Sgt. Jacob M. Thompson 26 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division North Mankato, Minnesota One of four soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded in Baquba, Iraq, on August 6, 2007
Spc. Justin R. Blackwell 27 59th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Paris, Tennessee One of two soldiers killed by enemy indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 5, 2007
Pvt. Jeremy S. Bohannon 18 59th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Bon Aqua, Tennessee One of two soldiers killed by enemy indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 5, 2007
Spc. Charles E. Leonard Jr. 29 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Monroe, Louisiana Died of wounds suffered when the vehicle he was in was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 5, 2007
Tech. Sgt. Joey D. Link 29 39th Airlift Squadron Portland, Tennessee Died of natural causes at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, on August 5, 2007
Pfc. Jaron D. Holliday 21 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Tulsa, Oklahoma One of three soldiers killed when the vehicle they were in was struck by a roadside bomb during combat operations in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, on August 4, 2007
Cpl. Jason K. Lafleur 28 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Ignacio, Colorado One of three soldiers killed when the vehicle they were in was struck by a roadside bomb during combat operations in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, on August 4, 2007
Spc. Braden J. Long 19 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Sherman, Texas Died of injuries sustained when his Humvee came under grenade attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 4, 2007
Pfc. Matthew M. Murchison 21 127th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade Independence, Missouri Killed when the vehicle he was in wa struck by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 4, 2007
Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman 25 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Fort Worth, Texas One of three soldiers killed when the vehicle they were in was struck by a roadside bomb during combat operations in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, on August 4, 2007
Master Sgt. Julian Ingles Rios 52 130th Engineer Battalion, Puerto Rico National Guard Anasco, Puerto Rico Killed when his Humvee was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 2, 2007
Spc. Cristian Rojas-Gallego 24 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Loganville, Georgia One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 2, 2007
Spc. Eric D. Salinas 25 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Houston, Texas One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 2, 2007
Staff Sgt. Fernando Santos 29 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division San Antonio, Texas One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 2, 2007
Sgt. 1st Class Travis S. Bachman 30 714th Security Force, Kansas Army National Guard Garden City, Kansas Died in Mosul, Iraq, on August 1, 2007, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during combat operations in Basra, Iraq

Civilian Casulties

Just Foreign Policy Issues
Over a million {*1,028,907} Iraqis are estimated to have been killed as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation. Learn More and Take Action»
*Estimate, click for explaination.

To

John Hopkins School of Public Health { October 11, 2006 report } 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


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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