HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq/Afganistan – January 2008

Iraq

January 2008

Cpt. Michael A. Norman, 36, of Killeen, Texas, died Jan. 31 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.

1st Lt. David E. Schultz, 25, of Illinois, died Jan. 31 of wounds suffered when the Convoy Support Center at Scania, Iraq, was attacked by indirect enemy fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Sgt. James E. Craig 26 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Hollywood, California One of five soldiers killed when their unit encountered a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Mosul, Iraq, on January 28, 2008

Staff Sgt. Gary W. Jeffries 37 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Roscoe, Texas One of five soldiers killed when their unit encountered a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Mosul, Iraq, on January 28, 2008

Spc. Evan A. Marshall 21 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Athens, Georgia One of five soldiers killed when their unit encountered a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Mosul, Iraq, on January 28, 2008

Pfc. Brandon A. Meyer 20 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Orange, California One of five soldiers killed when their unit encountered a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Mosul, Iraq, on January 28, 2008

Pvt. Joshua A. R. Young 21 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Riddle, Oregon One of five soldiers killed when their unit encountered a roadside bomb during convoy operations in Mosul, Iraq, on January 28, 2008

Sgt. Mikeal W. Miller 22 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Albany, Oregon Died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on January 27, 2008, of wounds suffered in Baghdad, Iraq on July 9, 2007, when the vehicle he was in encountered a roadside bomb

Maj. Alan G. Rogers 40 Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Hampton, Florida Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 27, 2008

Staff Sgt. Robert J. Wilson 28 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Boynton Beach, Florida Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 26, 2008

Sgt. Tracy Renee Birkman 41 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division New Castle, Virginia Died from non-combat related injuries in Owesat, Iraq, on January 25, 2008

Pfc. Duncan Charles Crookston 19 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Denver, Colorado Died on January 25, 2008, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 4, 2007

Sgt. Michael R. Sturdivant 20 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Conway, Arkansas Died of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq, on January 22, 2008

Spc. Richard B. Burress 25 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Naples, Florida Killed when his Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected armored vehicle ran over a deeply buried roadside bomb in Al Jabour, Iraq, on January 19, 2008

Lance Cpl. James M. Gluff 20 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Tunnel Hill, Georgia Died while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on January 19, 2008

Spc. Jon M. Schoolcraft III 26 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Wapakoneta, Ohio Died of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Taji, Iraq, on January 19, 2008

Staff Sgt. Justin R. Whiting 27 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group Hancock, New York Died of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb during a combat operation 16 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, on January 19, 2008

Pfc. Danny L. Kimme 27 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Fisher, Illinois One of three soldiers killed when they were attacked by grenade and small-arms fire during combat operations in Balad, Iraq, on January 16, 2008

Pfc. David H. Sharrett II 27 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Oakton, Virginia One of three soldiers killed when they were attacked by grenade and small-arms fire during combat operations in Balad, Iraq, on January 16, 2008

Spc. John P. Sigsbee 21 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Waterville, New York One of three soldiers killed when they were attacked by grenade and small-arms fire during combat operations in Balad, Iraq, on January 16, 2008

Pfc. Keith E. Lloyd 26 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Milwaukee, Wisconsin Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Tal Afar, Iraq, on January 12, 2008

Lance Cpl. Curtis A. Christensen Jr. 29 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Collingswood, New Jersey Died from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on January 11, 2008. The incident is currently under investigation.

Spc. Todd E. Davis 22 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Raymore, Missouri One of six soldiers killed when a house rigged with homemade bombs exploded during combat operations in Sinsil, Iraq, on January 9, 2008

Staff Sgt. Jonathan K. Dozier 30 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Rutherford, Tennessee One of six soldiers killed when a house rigged with homemade bombs exploded during combat operations in Sinsil, Iraq, on January 9, 2008

Staff Sgt. Sean M. Gaul 29 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Reno, Nevada One of six soldiers killed when a house rigged with homemade bombs exploded during combat operations in Sinsil, Iraq, on January 9, 2008

Sgt. Zachary W. McBride 20 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Bend, Oregon One of six soldiers killed when a house rigged with homemade bombs exploded during combat operations in Sinsil, Iraq, on January 9, 2008

Sgt. 1st Class Matthew I. Pionk 30 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Superior, Wisconsin One of six soldiers killed when a house rigged with homemade bombs exploded during combat operations in Sinsil, Iraq, on January 9, 2008

Sgt. Christopher A. Sanders 22 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Roswell, New Mexico One of six soldiers killed when a house rigged with homemade bombs exploded during combat operations in Sinsil, Iraq, on January 9, 2008

Sgt. David J. Hart 22 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Lake View Terrace, California One of three soldiers killed during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on January 8, 2008

Pfc. Ivan E. Merlo 19 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division San Marcos, California One of three soldiers killed during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on January 8, 2008

Pfc. Phillip J. Pannier 20 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Washburn, Illinois One of three soldiers killed during combat operations in Samarra, Iraq, on January 8, 2008

Pfc. Timothy R. Hanson 23 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Kenosha, Wisconsin Died of wounds suffered from enemy small-arms fire in Salmon Pak, Iraq, on January 7, 2008

Spc. James D. Gudridge 20 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Carthage, New York Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 6, 2008

Pfc. Jason F. Lemke 30 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division West Allis, Wisconsin Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Ibrahim Al Adham, Iraq, on January 5, 2008

Petty Officer 2nd Class Menelek M. Brown 24 USS Hopper Roswell, New Mexico Declared dead on January 4, 2008, after apparently going overboard from the USS Hopper in the Arabian Sea on January 3. Navy aircraft and ships conducted an extensive search but did not locate him.

Capt. Thomas J. Casey 32 Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Albuquerque, New Mexico One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit using small-arms fire during combat operations in As Sadiyah, Iraq, on January 3, 2008

Maj. Andrew J. Olmsted 37 Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Colorado Springs, Colorado One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit using small-arms fire during combat operations in As Sadiyah, Iraq, on January 3, 2008

Pfc. Joshua R. Anderson 24 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Jordan, Minnesota Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Kamasia, Iraq, on January 2, 2008

Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Maseth 24 Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 2, 2008

Afghanistan – The Forgotten War

There have been 753 coalition deaths — 478 Americans, four Australians, 87 Britons, 78 Canadians, one Czech, nine Danes, 12 Dutch, two Estonians, one Finn, 12 French, 22 Germans, 10 Italians, three Norwegians, one Pole, two Portuguese, five Romanians, one South Korean, 23 Spaniards, two Swedes — in the war on terror as of February 1, 2008, 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 1,868 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.

January 2008

Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Ryan Kahler 29 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Granite Falls, Minnesota Died on January 26, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from small arms fire in Waygul, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation as an Afghan guard possibly mistook Kahler as an enemy combatant and engaged him with small arms fire.

Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller 24 Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Iowa City, Iowa Died of wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire during combat operations in Barikowt, Afghanistan on January 25, 2008

Cpl. Etienne Gonthier 21 5th Combat Engineer Regiment St-George-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada Killed when his armored vehicle struck a suspected roadside bomb while conducting route clearance ahead of a convoy west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 23, 2008

Cpl. Darryl Gardiner 25 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers attached to 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery Wiltshire, England Died of wounds sustained when a roadside mine detonated near his vehicle 1.8 miles (3 km) north of Musa Qala in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 20, 2008

Trooper Richard Renaud 26 12th Canadian Armoured Regiment Alma, Quebec, Canada Killed when his armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb during a patrol in the Arghandab District, approximately 6.2 miles (10 km) north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 15, 2008

Lt. Col. Richard J. Berrettini 52 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Medical Detachment Wilcox, Pennsylvania Died in San Antonio, Texas, on January 11, 2008, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2008

Sgt. David J. Drakulich 22 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Reno, Nevada Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Chagali, Afghanistan, on January 9, 2008

Maj. Michael L. Green 36 Headquarters, V Corps Chagrin Falls, Ohio One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan on January 7, 2008

Sgt. James K. Healy 25 703rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment Hesperia, California One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan on January 7, 2008

Cpl. Eric Labbe 31 2nd Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment Rimouski, Quebec One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their Light Armored Vehicle accidentally rolled over during a tactical move across difficult terrain in Nalgham, in the Zhari District, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2008

Warrant Officer Hani Massouh 41 2nd Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment Egypt One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their Light Armored Vehicle accidentally rolled over during a tactical move across difficult terrain in Nalgham, in the Zhari District, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2008

Sgt. Shawn F. Hill 37 178th Engineer Battalion, 218th Infantry Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard Wellford, South Carolina Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Khowst province, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2008

Civilian Casulties – Iraq

Just Foreign Policy Issues

Over a million {*1,168,058} 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!

December 2007, November 2007, October  2007, September 2007, August 2007, July 2007, June 2007, May 2007, April 2007, March 2007, Feb. 2007, Jan. 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 as posted on my site

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

As Of Febuary 2008, There Are 83 Pages w/5 ‘Silent Honor Rolls’ Each, Number Of Casulties Varies With Each ‘Silent Honor Roll’;  Many now have numbers in the teens and twenties, click on graphic.

Montel Williams, Veteran, turns the tables on the FOX propaganda machine and their simple minded anchors, notice Not One Knew How Many Soldiers Had Been Killed {and they work for a News? organization that people Actually Watch}!

Jan/26/08 08:41 ET Montel Williams turned the question on live television when he choose to focus on the solders dying in Iraq rather than the passing of Heath Ledger. Montel did not return for a further segment.

Conservative Idea of ‘Strong on National Defense’:

Enhance more Hatreds anywhere possible, through propaganda, destruction, mass death, in order to Continue threats against from similar Failed Policies of Past!

Those Hatreds lead to ‘Blowback’ by recipients of the many Failed Policies called ‘Criminal Terrorism’!

Take the word ‘Terrorism’, while practising same, and paste it on any group needed to Enhance the Fear in Populations causing Perpetual Conflicts and Huge Profits for any Military Industrial Complex and Control by same for Further Policies setup to Fail!

And when ‘Johnny and Jane’ come Marching Home, Dump Them {that one cuts across all Political Ideology and Society }

It’s Not ‘Strong on National Defense’, it Destroys ‘National Defense’ and brings about more and more ‘Conflicts of Choice’ for Greed and Power!

In Honor – In Memory

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!!