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This does not include the 10,000 Iraqi civilians killed by US bombing, but these are our American brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, cousins, and friends:
Names of U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq
Sat Jan 17, 8:36 AM ET
Alabama (13):
Army Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell, 33, Tuskegee, Ala., Oct. 27
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bruce E. Brown, 32, Coatopa, Ala., Sept. 4
Army Pfc. John E. Brown, 21, Troy, Ala., April 14
Army Spc. Paul J. Bueche, 19, Daphne, Ala., Oct. 21
Marines Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr., 36, Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 22
Army Sgt. Timothy M. Conneway, 22, Enterprise, Ala., June 28
Army Spc. Charles G. Haight, 23, Jacksonville, Ala., Dec. 26
Army CWO Philip A. Johnson Jr., 31, Mobile, Ala., Jan. 8
Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, Mobile, Ala., March 23
Army Sgt. Jason D. Jordan, 24, Elba, Ala., July 20
Army Spc. Cedric L. Lennon, 32, West Blocton, Ala., June 24
Army Pvt. Kelley S. Prewitt, 24, Birmingham, Ala., April 6
Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Willoughby, 29, Phenix City, Ala., July 20
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Arizona (13):
Army Sgt. Benjamin W. Biskie, 27, Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 24
Army Spc. Isaac Campoy, 21, Douglas, Ariz., Oct. 28
Army Sgt. Sean K. Cataudella, 28, Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 30
Army Command Sgt. Major Eric F. Cooke, 43, Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 24
Army Spc. Spencer T. Karol, 20, Woodruff, Ariz., Oct. 6
Army Staff Sgt. William T. Latham, 29, Kingman, Ariz., June 18
Navy Seaman Joshua McIntosh, 22, Kingman, Ariz., June 26
Marines Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, San Luis, Ariz., March 28
Army Capt. Eric T. Paliwoda, 28, Goodyear, Ariz., Jan. 2
Army Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson, 27, Flagstaff, Ariz., Sept. 15
Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, Tuba City, Ariz., March 23
Navy Lt. Nathan D. White, 30, Mesa, Ariz., April 2
Marines Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Phoenix, Ariz., March 23
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Arkansas (3):
Army Spc. Jonathan M. Cheatham, 19, Camden, Ark., July 26
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25, Little Rock, Ark., March 25
Army Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead, 33, Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 12
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California (55):
Army Spc. Genaro Acosta, 26, Fair Oaks, Calif., Nov. 11
Army Pfc. Steven Acosta, 19, Calexico, Calif., Oct. 26
Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, La Mesa, Calif., March 22
Army Cpl. Evan Asa Ashcraft, 24, West Hills, Calif., July 24
Army Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Bertolino, 40, Orange, Calif., Nov. 29
Marines Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, Ventura, Calif., March 23
Army Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Bolor, 37, Whittier, Calif., Nov. 15
Army Staff Sgt. Steven H. Bridges, 33, Tracy, Calif., Dec. 8
Army 2nd Lt. Todd J. Bryant, 23, Riverside, Calif., Oct. 31
Army Staff Sgt. Richard A. Burdick, 24, National City, Calif., Dec. 10
Army Pfc. Jose Casanova, 23, El Monte, Calif., Oct. 13
Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris, 25, San Diego, Calif., June 25
Army Spc. Arron R. Clark, 20, Chico, Calif., Dec. 5
Army Spc. Michael A. Diraimondo, 22, Simi Valley, Calif., Jan. 8
Marines Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, Costa Mesa, Calif., March 23
Marines Lance Cpl. Cory Ryan Geurin, 18, Santee, Calif., July 15
Marines Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez, 22, Indio, Calif., April 12
Marines Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, Los Angeles, Calif., March 23
Army Cpl. Sean R. Grilley, 24, San Bernardino, Calif., Oct. 16
Marines Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 28, Los Angeles, Calif., March 21
Army Sgt. Michael S. Hancock, 29, Yreka, Calif., Oct. 24
Army Sgt. Keicia M. Hines, 27, of Citrus Heights, Calif., Jan. 14
Army Sgt. Troy Jenkins, 25, Ridgecrest, Calif., April 24
Army Pvt. Devon D. Jones, 19, San Diego, Calif., April 4
Marines Capt. Andrew David La Mont, 31, Eureka, Calif., May 19
Army Pfc. Karina S. Lau, 20, Livingston, Calif., Nov. 2
Army Pfc. Pablo Manzano, 19, Heber, Calif., Aug. 25
Marines Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes, 28, Chino, Calif., May 18
Army Sgt. Atanacio Haro Marin Jr., 27, Baldwin Park, Calif., June 3
Army Sgt. 1st Class John W. Marshall, 50, Sacramento, Calif., April 8
Marines Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, Los Angeles, Calif., March 25
Marines Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, Tracy, Calif., March 27
Army Staff Sgt. Eddie E. Menyweather, 35, Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 23
Army Spc. Michael G. Mihalakis, 18, San Jose, Calif., Dec. 26
Army Pfc. Jesse D. Mizener, 24, Auburn, Calif., Jan. 7
Marines Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore, 21, San Marcos, Calif., May 19
Army Spc. Jose L. Mora, 26, Bell Gardens, Calif., Oct. 24
Army Spc. Paul T. Nakamura, 21, Sante Fe Springs, Calif., June 19
Army CWO2 Christopher G. Nason, 39, Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 23
Marines Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Santa Rosa, Calif., March 25
Army 1st Lt. Osbaldo Orozco, 26, Delano, Calif., April 25
Army Pfc. Daniel R. Parker, 18, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Aug. 12
Army Staff Sgt. David S. Perry, 36, Bakersfield, Calif., Aug. 10
Army Spc. Justin W. Pollard, 21, Foothill Ranch, Calif., Dec. 30
Army Spc. Rel A. Ravago IV, 21, Glendale, Calif., Nov. 23
Marines Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez, 19, Norwalk, Calif., May 12
Marines Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, San Diego, Calif., March 23
Army Pvt. Sean A. Silva, 23, Rosemont, Calif., Oct. 9
Marines Cpl. Erik H. Silva, 22, Holtville, Calif., April 3
Marines 1st Sgt. Edward Smith, 38, Vista, Calif., April 5
Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, 42, Calif. hometown not available, April 2
Marines Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez del Solar, 20, Escondido, Calif., March 29
Marines Lance Cpl. Jason Andrew Tetrault, 20, Moreno Valley, Calif., July 9
Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez, 29, San Diego, Calif., Nov. 2
Army Sgt. Ryan C. Young, 21, Corona, Calif., Dec. 2
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Colorado (8):
Army Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Bader, 28, Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 2
Army Sgt. Thomas F. Broomhead, 34, Canon City, Colo., May 27
Army Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton, 41, Hayden, Colo., Aug. 29
Army Sgt. 1st Class Randall S. Rehn, 36, Longmont, Colo., April 3
Army Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, 27, Arvada, Colo., April 3
Army Staff Sgt. Barry Sanford Sr., 46, Aurora, Colo., July 7
Marines Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, Thornton, Colo., March 23
Army Sgt. Michael E. Yashinski, 24, Monument, Colo., Dec. 24
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Connecticut (5):
Army Pfc. Jeffrey F. Braun, 19, Stafford, Conn., Dec. 12
Marines Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, Waterford, Conn., March 23
Army Pfc. Anthony D. D'Agostino, 20, Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 2
Army Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr., 37, Guilford, Conn., Aug. 12
Army Spc. Wilfredo Perez Jr., 24, Norwalk, Conn., July 26
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District of Columbia (2):
Army Spc. Darryl T. Dent, 21, Washington, D.C., Aug. 26
Marines Lance Cpl. Gregory E. MacDonald, 29, Washington, D.C., June 25
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Delaware (3):
Army Spc. Ryan P. Long, 21, Seaford, Del., April 3
Marines Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis, 23, St. George, Del., March 30
Army Spc. Jarrett B. Thompson, 27, Dover, Del., Sept. 7
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Florida (16):
Marines Lance Cpl. Andrew Julian Aviles, 18, Tampa, Fla., April 7
Marines Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key, Fla., March 23
Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton-Weldon, 20, Palm Bay, Fla., March 29
Marines Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, Fort Myers, Fla., March 23
Marines Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez, 25, Hialeah, Fla., April 14
Army CWO Ian D. Manuel, 23, Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 8
Army Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell, 24, Hilliard, Fla., May 26
Army Staff Sgt. Michael B. Quinn, 37, Tampa, Fla., May 27
Army Cpl. John T. Rivero, 23, Gainesville, Fla., April 17
Army Cpl. Robert D. Roberts, 21, Winter Park, Fla., Nov. 22
Army Pfc. Charles M. Sims, 18, Miami, Fla., Oct. 3
Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, Tampa, Fla., April 4
Army CWO Aaron A. Weaver, 32, Inverness, Fla., Jan. 8
Army Pfc. Jeffrey Wershow, 22, Gainesville, Fla., July 6
Army Sgt. Mason Douglas Whetstone, 30, Jacksonville, Fla., July 17
Army Spc. Robert A. Wise, 21, Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 12
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Georgia (15):
Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Ga., March 23
Army Sgt. Michael T. Crockett, 27, Soperton, Ga., July 14
Army Staff Sgt. Ricky Crockett, 37, Broxton, Ga., Jan. 12
Army Staff Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, Hinesville, Ga., April 3
Army Spc. Marshall L. Edgerton, 27, Rocky Face, Ga., Dec. 11
Army Staff Sgt. Bobby C. Franklin, 38, Mineral Bluff, Ga., Aug. 20
Army Pvt. Benjamin L. Freeman, 19, Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 13
Army Sgt. Nathaniel Hart Jr., 29, Valdosta, Ga., July 28
Army Spc. Christopher J. Holland, 26, Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 17
Army Spc. Nathaniel H. Johnson, 22, Augusta, Ga., Jan. 8
Army Spc. John K. Klinesmith Jr., 25, Stockbridge, Ga., June 12
Army Capt. Edward J. Korn, 31, Savannah, Ga., April 3
Army Spc. David T. Nutt, 32, Blackshear, Ga., May 14
Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, Conyers, Ga., March 29
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry L. Wilson, 45, Thomson, Ga., Nov. 23
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Hawaii (1):
Army Staff Sgt. Cameron B. Sarno, 43, Waipahu, Hawaii, Sept. 1
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Idaho (4):
Army Cpl. Richard P. Carl, 26, King Hill, Idaho, May 9
Army Pfc. Jerrick M. Petty, 25, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Dec. 10
Army Capt. James A. Shull, 32, Kamiah, Idaho, Nov. 17
Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, Boise, Idaho, March 25
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Illinois (20):
Marines Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, St. Anne, Ill., March 20
Army Pvt. Matthew D. Bush, 20, East Alton, Ill., Aug. 8
Army Spc. Ryan G. Carlock, 25, Colchester, Ill., Sept. 9
Army Spc. William David Dusenbery, 30, Fairview Heights, Ill., Nov. 15
Marines Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, Decatur, Ill., March 23
Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln D. Hollinsaid, 27, Malden, Ill., April 7
Army Spc. Corey A. Hubbell, 20, Urbana, Ill., June 26
Marines Cpl. Evan T. James, 20, La Harpe, Ill., March 24
Marines Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker, 19, Irvington, Ill., May 13
Marines Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik, 21, Schaumburg, Ill., May 12
Army Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny, 30, Naperville, Ill., June 13
Army Pfc. Brandon Ramsey, 21, Calumet City, Ill., Aug. 8
Army Spc. Brandon J. Rowe, 20, Roscoe, Ill., March 31
Marines 1st lt. Timothy Louis Ryan, 30, Aurora, Ill., May 19
Army Spc. Uday Singh, 21, Lake Forest, Ill., Dec. 1
Army Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson, 20, Oak Park, Ill., Sept. 2
Army 1st Lt. Brian D. Slavenas, 30, Genoa, Ill., Nov. 2
Army Spc. John R. Sullivan, 26, Countryside, Ill., Nov. 15
Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Sutter, 28, Tinley Park, Ill., Dec. 26
Army Pvt. Scott M. Tyrrell, 21, Sterling, Ill., Nov. 20
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Indiana (16):
Army Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr., 22, Mitchell, Ind., Aug. 25
Army Sgt. Jarrod W. Black, 26, Peru, Ind., Dec. 12
Army Sgt. 1st Class Craig A. Boling, 38, Elkhart, Ind., July 8
Army Spc. Roy Russell Buckley, 24, Portage, Ind., April 22
Army Spc. Luke Frist, 20, Brookston, Ind., Jan. 5
Army Pvt. Jesse M. Halling, 19, Indianapolis, Ind., June 7
Army Spc. William A. Jeffries, 39, Evansville, Ind., March 31
Army Spc. Chad L. Keith, 21, Batesville, Ind., July 7
Army Pvt. Robert L. McKinley, 23, Peru, Ind., July 8
Army Staff Sgt. Frederick L. Miller Jr., 27, Hagerstown, Ind., Sept. 20
Army Pvt. Shawn D. Pahnke, 25, Shelbyville, Ind., June 16
Army Spc. Brian H. Penisten, 28, Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 2
Marines Sgt. Duane R. Rios, 25, Griffith, Ind., April 4
Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, Hobart, Ind., March 24
Army Cpl. Darrell Smith, 28, Otwell, Ind., Nov. 23
Marines Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith, 20, Anderson, Ind., May 10
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Iowa (9):
Marines Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey E. Bohr Jr., 39, Ossian, Iowa, April 10
Army Pvt. Michael J. Deutsch, 21, Dubuque, Iowa, July 31
Army Sgt. Paul F. Fisher, 39, Marion, Iowa, Nov. 6
Army Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser, 22, Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 8
Army Pfc. David Kirchhoff, 31, Anamosa, Iowa, Aug. 14
Marines Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 28, Davenport, Iowa, March 24
Army Pvt. Kenneth A. Nalley, 19, Hamburg, Iowa, May 26
Army Spc. Aaron J. Sissel, 22, Tipton, Iowa, Nov. 29
Army CWO Bruce A. Smith, 41, West Liberty, Iowa, Nov. 2
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Kansas (5):
Army Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, Wellsville, Kan., April 1
Marines Pfc. Ryan R. Cox, 19, Derby, Kan., June 15
Army Spc. Josph L. Lister, 22, Pleasanton, Kan., Nov. 20
Army Spc. Dustin K. McGaugh, 20, Derby, Kan., Sept. 30
Army Spc. Kyle G. Thomas, 23, Topeka, Kan., Sept. 25
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Kentucky (4):
Army Sgt. Michael D. Acklin II, 25, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15
Army Cpl. Gary B. Coleman, 24, Pikeville, Ky., Nov. 21
Army Sgt. Darrin K. Potter, 24, Louisville, Ky., Sept. 29
Army Spc. James Powell, 26, Radcliff, Ky., Oct. 12
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Louisiana (5):
Army Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard, 20, Lake Charles, La., April 4
Army Staff Sgt. Craig Davis, 37, Opelousas, La., Jan. 8
Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen, 21, Tickfaw, La., Aug. 9
Army Sgt. Floyd G. Knighten Jr., 55, Olla, La., Aug. 9
Army Sgt. Taft V. Williams, 29, New Orleans, La., Aug. 12
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Maine (2):
Marines Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine, March 20
Army Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham, 33, Lewiston, Maine, April 4
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Massachusetts (9):
Army Sgt. Glenn R. Allison, 24, Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 18
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia, 28, Wakefield, Mass., Oct. 16
Army Spc. Mathew G. Boule, 22, Dracut, Mass., April 2
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Camara, 40, New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 1
Army Sgt. Justin W. Garvey, 23, Townsend, Mass., July 20
Army Pfc. John D. Hart, 20, Bedford, Mass., Oct. 18
Army CWO3 Kyran E. Kennedy, 43, Boston, Nov. 7
Marines 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, 25, Pembroke, Mass., April 4
Marines Capt. Benjamin W. Sammis, 29, Rehoboth, Mass., April 4
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Maryland (5):
Navy Lt. Kylan A. Jones-Huffman, 31, College Park, Md., Aug. 21
Marines Cpl. Jason David Mileo, 20, Centreville, Md., April 14
Army Spc. George A. Mitchell, 35, Rawlings, Md., April 7
Army Sgt. Jeffrey C. Walker, 33, Havre de Grace, Md., Jan. 8
Marines Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, Baltimore, Md., March 20
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Michigan (20):
Army Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg, 22, Canton, Mich., Sept. 14
Army Spc. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22, Flint, Mich., Oct. 24
Army Pfc. Damian S. Bushart, 22, Waterford, Mich., Nov. 22
Army Capt. Paul J. Cassidy, 36, Laingsburg, Mich., July 13
Army Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Christensen, 42, Atlantic Mine, Mich., Dec. 25
Marines Pfc. Juan Guadelupe Garza Jr., 20, Temperance, Mich., April 8
Army Spc. Richard A. Goward, 32, Midland, Mich., April 14
Army Staff Sgt. Stephen C. Hattamer, 43, Gwinn, Mich., Dec. 25
Army Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson, 29, Calumet, Mich., Oct. 20
Army Pfc. Jason M. Meyer, 23, Howell, Mich., April 8
Marines Maj. Kevin G. Nave, 36, White Lake Township, Mich., March 26
Army Master Sgt. William L. Payne, 46, Otsego, Mich., May 16
Army Sgt. Michael F. Pedersen, 26, Flint, Mich., April 2
Army Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken, 30, Flint, Mich., May 26
Army Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds, 25, East Lansing, Mich., May 3
Army Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, 33, Hart, Mich., April 3
Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather, 29, Clio, Mich., April 8
Army Staff Sgt. Mark D. Vasquez, 35, Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 8
Army Spc. Donald L. Wheeler, 22, Concord, Mich., Oct. 13
Army Pfc. Jason G. Wright, 19, Luzerne, Mich., Dec. 8
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Minnesota (3):
Army Sgt. Brian R. Hellermann, 35, Freeport, Minn., Aug. 6
Army Pfc. Edward J. Herrgott, 20, Shakopee, Minn., July 3
Army Staff Sgt. Dale A. Panchot, 26, Northome, Minn., Nov. 17
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Mississippi (10):
Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Bradley, 39, Utica, Miss., May 28
Army Spc. Larry K. Brown, 22, Jackson, Miss., April 5
Army Cpl. Henry L. Brown, 22, Natchez, Miss., April 8
Army Spc. James A. Chance III, 25, Kokomo, Miss., Nov. 6
Marines 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison County, Miss., March 21
Army Spc. Raphael S. Davis, 24, Tutwiler, Miss., Dec. 2
Army Spc. Jeremy DiGiovanni, 21, Pricedale, Miss., Nov. 15
Army Pfc. Damian L. Heidelberg, 21, Shubuta, Miss., Nov. 15
Marines Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert, 28, New Site, Miss., June 1
Army Staff Sgt. Joe N. Wilson, 30, Crystal Springs, Miss., Nov. 2
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Missouri (10):
Army Spc. Jonathan P. Barnes, 21, Anderson, Mo., July 26
Army Spc. Joel L. Bertoldie, 20, Independence, Mo., July 18
Army Sgt. Travis Lee Burkhardt, 26, Edina, Mo., June 6
Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens, 34, Springfield, Mo., May 1
Marines Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, Smithville, Mo., March 22
Army Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins, 26, Hume, Mo., Oct. 26
Army Spc. Joshua M. Neusche, 20, Montreal, Mo., July 12
Army Capt. Benedict J. Smith, 29, Monroe City, Mo., Nov. 7
Army Pfc. Jeremiah D. Smith, 25, Odessa, Mo., May 26
Army Sgt. Donald R. Walters, 33, Kansas City, Mo., March 23
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Montana (1):
Army 1st Lt. Edward M. Saltz, 27, Bigfork, Mont., Dec. 22
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North Carolina (13):
Marines Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, Durham, N.C., April 2
Army Cpl. Mark A. Bibby, 25, Watha, N.C., July 21
Army Lunsford Brown II, 27, Creedmoor, N.C., Sept. 20
Army Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring, 40, Fayetteville, N.C., Oct. 26
Army Pvt. Joseph R. Guerrera, 20, Dunn, N.C., Oct. 26
Marines Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam, 19, Snow Camp, N.C., April 22
Army Spc. James I. Lambert II, 22, Raleigh, N.C., July 31
Army Sgt. David B. Parson, 30, Kannapolis, N.C., July 6
Army Sgt. Scott C. Rose, 30, Fayetteville, N.C., Nov. 7
Army Sgt. Leonard D. Simmons, 33, New Bern, N.C., Aug. 6
Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon, 32, Fayetteville, N.C., March 28
Army Sgt. Michael L. Tosto, 24, Apex, N.C., June 17
Army Pfc. Joey D. Whitener, 19, Nebo, N.C., Nov. 15
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North Dakota (3):
Army Spc. Jon P. Fettig, 30, Dickinson, N.D., July 22
Army Pfc. Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle, 21, Grand Forks, N.D., Nov. 15
Army Sgt. Thomas J. Sweet II, 23, Bismarck, N.D., Nov. 27
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New Hampshire (1):
Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Rooney, 43, Nashua, N.H., Sept. 25
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New Jersey (10):
Army Spc. Ryan Travis Baker, 24, Browns Mills, N.J., Nov. 15
Army Spc. Michael Edward Curtin, 23, Howell, N.J., March 29
Army Spc. Kyle A. Griffin, 20, Emerson, N.J., May 30
Army Staff Sgt. Terry W. Hemingway, 39, Willingboro, N.J., April 10
Army Spc. Simeon Hunte, 23, Essex, N.J., Oct. 1
Army Spc. Marlon P. Jackson, 25, Jersey City, N.J., Nov. 11
Army Spc. Gil Mercado, 25, Paterson, N.J., April 13
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe, 37, Roselle, N.J., June 25
Army Spc. Marc S. Seiden, 26, Brigantine, N.J., Jan. 2
Army Spc. Narson B. Sullivan, 21, North Brunswick, N.J., April 25
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New Mexico (1):
Army Spc. James H. Pirtle, 27, La Mesa, N.M., Oct. 4
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New York (21):
Marines Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, Buffalo, N.Y., March 23
Army Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr., 43, Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 19
Army Pvt. David Evans Jr., 18, Buffalo, N.Y., May 25
Army Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher, 28, Bay Shore, N.Y., Nov. 13
Army Sgt. David Travis Friedrich Sgt., 26, Hammond, N.Y., Sept. 20
Marines Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden, 22, Mount Vernon, N.Y., April 4
Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, Bay Shore, N.Y., July 24
Army Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley Jr., 19, Forestport, N.Y., April 6
Army Pfc. Rayshawn Johnson, 20, Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 3
Army Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly, 31, North Creek, N.Y., Sept. 15
Army Sgt. Heath A. McMillin, 29, Canandaigua, N.Y., July 27
Army Spc. Irving Medina, 22, Middletown, N.Y., Nov. 14
Marines Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, Buffalo, N.Y., March 22
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr., 31, Elizaville, N.Y., Sept. 10
Marines Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, New York, N.Y., March 23
Army Spc. Rasheed Sahib, 22, New York, N.Y., May 18
Marines Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejeda, 26, New York, N.Y., April 11
Marines Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, New York, N.Y., March 29
Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, Highland, N.Y., March 29
Army Spc. Michael L. Williams, 46, Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 17
Army Capt. George A. Wood, 33, Marcy, N.Y., Nov. 20
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Nebraska (6):
Army Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell, 27, Omaha, Neb., May 21
Army Sgt. Dennis A. Corral, 33, Kearney, Neb., Jan. 1
Marines Capt. Travis A. Ford, 30, Ogallala, Neb., April 4
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno, 26, Gering, Neb., July 17
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher, 26, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 9
Army Spc. James R. Wolf, 21, Scottsbluff, Neb., Nov. 6
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Nevada (3):
Army Capt. Joshua T. Byers, 29, Sparks, Nev., July 23
Marines Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline Jr., 21, Sparks, Nev., March 23
Marines 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, Tonopah, Nev., March 23
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Ohio (15):
Army Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona, 42, Niles, Ohio, May 19
Army Spc. Todd M. Bates, 20, Bellaire, Ohio, Dec. 10
Army Spc. Brett T. Christian, 27, North Royalton, Ohio, July 23
Army Spc. Steven D. Conover, 21, Wilmington, Ohio, Nov. 2
Army 1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, Cleveland, Ohio, March 23
Marines Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, Ohio City, Ohio, April 2
Army Pfc. Gavin L. Neighbor, 20, Somerset, Ohio, June 10
Army Pfc. Branden F. Oberleitner, 20, Worthington, Ohio, June 5
Army Pfc. Kevin C. Ott, 27, Orient, Ohio, June 25
Army Staff Sgt. Aaron T. Reese, 31, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Dec. 10
Army Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold, 23, Hamilton, Ohio, May 8
Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, Bedford Heights, Ohio, March 23
Army Pfc. Kenneth C. Souslin, 21, Mansfield, Ohio, Dec. 15
Army Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen, 39, Columbus, Ohio, May 9
Army Spc. James C. Wright, 27, Delhi Township, Ohio, Sept. 18
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Oklahoma (7):
Marines Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Broken Arrow, Okla., March 24
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Doyle W. Bollinger Jr., 21, Poteau, Okla., June 6
Army Sgt. Ross A. Pennanen, 36, Shawnee, Okla., Nov. 2
Army Spc. Stephen M. Scott, 21, Lawton, Okla., Aug. 23
Army Pvt. Jason M. Ward, 25, Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 22
Army Sgt. Steven W. White, 29, Lawton, Okla., Aug. 13
Marines Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White, 27, Shawnee, Okla., May 19
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Oregon (8):
Army Spc. Joseph M. Blickenstaff, 23, Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 8
Marines Cpl. Travis J. Bradach-Nall, 24, Portland, Ore., July 2
Marines Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, Sherwood, Ore., March 30
Army CWO Erik C. Kesterson, 29, Independence, Ore., Nov. 15
Army Spc. Nathan W. Nakis, 19, Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 16
Army Staff Sgt. Robert A. Stever, 36, Pendleton, Ore., April 8
Army Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, Portland, Ore., March 22
Army Spc. Christopher J. Rivera Wesley, 26, Portland, Ore., Dec. 8
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Pennsylvania (28):
Army Capt. Tristan N. Aitken, 31, State College, Pa., April 4
Army Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick, 26, Jim Thorpe (news - web sites), Pa., Sept. 29
Army 1st Lt. David R. Bernstein, 24, Phoenixville, Pa., Oct. 18
Army Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker, 34, Apollo, Pa., April 5
Army Pfc. Timothy R. Brown Jr., 21, Conway, Pa., Aug. 12
Army Sgt. Ernest G. Bucklew, 33, Enon Valley, Pa., Nov. 2
Army 1st Sgt. Christopher D. Coffin, 51, Bethlehem, Pa., July 1
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall, 30, McConnellsburg, Pa., Sept. 29
Army Capt. Brian Faunce, 28, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 18
Army Spc. Michael T. Gleason, 25, Warren, Pa., May 30
Army Spc. Christopher A. Golby, 26, Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 8
Army Sgt. Timothy L. Hayslett, 26, Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 15
Army Sgt. Eric R. Hull, 23, Upper Middletown, Pa., Aug. 18
Army Spc. Craig S. Ivory, 26, Port Matilda, Pa., Aug. 17
Army Spc. Maurice J. Johnson, 21, Levittown, Pa., Nov. 1
Army Spc. Zachariah W. Long, 20, Milton, Pa., May 30
Marines Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, Lansdale, Pa., April 1
Army Spc. William J. Maher III, 35, Yardley, Pa., July 28
Army Sgt. Joseph Minucci II, 23, Richeyville, Pa., Nov. 13
Army Spc. Rafael L. Navea, 34, Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 27
Army Spc. Donald S. Oaks Jr., 20, Harborcreek, Pa., April 3
Army Sgt. Jaror C. Puello-Coronado, 36, Pocono Summit, Pa., July 13
Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, Easton, Pa., March 22
Army Lt. Col. Anthony L. Sherman, 43, Pottstown, Pa., Aug. 27
Army Pfc. Corey L. Small, 20, East Berlin, Pa., July 3
Army Sgt. Nicholas A. Tomko, 24, Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 9
Army Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz, 27, Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 14
Army Spc. Douglas J. Weismantle, 28, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 13
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Rhode Island (3):
Army Spc. Michael Andrade, 28, Bristol, R.I., Sept. 24
Army Sgt. Gregory A. Belanger, 24, Narragansett, R.I., Aug. 27
Army Sgt. Charles T. Caldwell, 38, North Providence, R.I., Sept. 1
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South Carolina (12):
Army Pfc. Michael S. Adams, 20, Spartanburg, S.C., Aug. 21
Army Pvt. Algernon Adams, 36, Aiken, S.C., Oct. 28
Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, Barnwell, S.C., March 23
Army Spc. Rian C. Ferguson, 22, Taylors, S.C., Dec. 14
Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr., 31, Elgin, S.C., May 13
Army Capt. Kimberly N. Hampton, 27, Easley, S.C., Jan. 2
Marines Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, Boiling Springs, S.C., March 23
Army Spc. Darius T. Jennings, 22, Cordova, S.C., Nov. 2
Army Pfc. Vorn J. Mack, 19, Orangeburg, S.C., Aug. 23
Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neff, 30, Fort Mill, S.C., Nov. 7
Army Spc. Orenthial J. Smith, 21, Allendale, S.C., June 22
Army Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson, 26, Orangeburg, S.C., Sept. 18
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South Dakota (4):
Army Pfc. Michael R. Deuel, 21, Nemo, S.D., June 18
Army Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen, 31, Lead, S.D., May 9
Army CWO2 Scott A. Saboe, 33, Willow Lake, S.D., Nov. 15
Army Capt. Christopher F. Soelzer, 26, Sturgis, S.D., Dec. 24
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Tennessee (12):
Army Staff Sgt. Nathan J. Bailey, 46, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12
Army Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bennett, 35, Seymour, Tenn., Sept. 12
Army Spc. Thomas A. Foley III, 23, Dresden, Tenn., April 14
Army Spc. Kenneth W. Harris Jr., 23, Charlotte, Tenn., Aug. 20
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks, 35, Duff, Tenn., Jan. 8
Army Staff Sgt. Morgan D. Kennon, 23, Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 7
Army Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd, 44, Johnson, Tenn., Aug. 5
Marines Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, Gallatin, Tenn., March 23
Army Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando, 43, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 16
Army Sgt. Roger D. Rowe, 54, Bon Aqua, Tenn., July 9
Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres, 25, Clarksville, Tenn., Oct. 6
Army CWO Alexander S. Coulter, 35, Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 17
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Texas (40):
Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, Brownsville, Texas, March 23
Marines Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold, 30, Spring, Texas, April 22
Army Spc. Richard Arriaga, 20, Ganado, Texas, Sept. 18
Marines Pfc. Chad E. Bales, 20, Coahoma, Texas, April 3
Army Sgt. Michael Paul Barrera, 26, Von Ormy, Texas, Oct. 28
Army Capt. Ernesto M. Blanco, 28, San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 28
Army CWO Clarence E. Boone, 50, Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 2
Army Staff Sgt. Gary L. Collins, 32, Hardin, Texas, Nov. 8
Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga, 20, Bellville, Texas, Aug. 6
Army Pvt. Rey D. Cuervo, 24, Laguna Vista, Texas, Dec. 28
Air Force Capt. Eric B. Das, 30, Amarillo, Texas, April 7
Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza-Gutierrez, 21, Houston, Oct. 1
Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, El Paso, Texas, March 23
Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez, 36, El Paso, Texas, April 2
Army Pvt. Robert L. Frantz, 19, San Antonio, Texas, June 17
Army 1st Sgt. Joe J. Garza, 43, Robstown, Texas, April 28
Army Pfc. Ray J. Hutchinson, 20, League City, Texas, Dec. 7
Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, Granbury, Texas, April 2
Army Pfc. John P. Johnson, 24, Houston, Texas, Oct. 22
Marines Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, Brazoria, Texas, March 23
Marines Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, Texas, March 20
Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, Comfort, Texas, March 23
Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, El Paso, Texas, March 23
Marines Cpl. Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin, 21, Fort Worth, Texas, April 7
Army Sgt. Daniel K. Methvin, 22, Belton, Texas, July 26
Army Pfc. Anthony S. Miller, 19, San Antonio, Texas, April 7
Army Pfc. Stuart W. Moore, 21, Livingston, Texas, Dec. 22
Army Sgt. Keelan L. Moss, 23, Houston, Texas, Nov. 2
Army Spc. Joseph C. Norquist, 26, San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 9
Army Staff Sgt. Hector R. Perez, 40, Corpus Christi, Texas, July 24
Army Spc. Jose A. Perez III, 22, San Diego, Texas, May 28
Army Sgt. Ariel Rico, 25, El Paso, Texas, Nov. 28
Army 2nd Lt. Jonathan D. Rozier, 25, Katy, Texas, July 19
Army Sgt. John W. Russell, 26, Portland, Texas, Nov. 15
Army Spc. Christian C. Schulz, 20, Colleyville, Texas, July 11
Army Cpl. Tomas Sotelo Jr., 22, Houston, Texas, June 27
Army Spc. Joseph D. Suell, 24, Lufkin, Texas, June 16
Army Sgt. Melissa Valles, 26, Eagle Pass, Texas, July 9
Army Pfc. Stephen E. Wyatt, 19, Kilgore, Texas, Oct. 13
Army Sgt. Henry Ybarra III, 32, Austin, Texas, Sept. 11
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Utah (4):
Marines Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley, 41, Roy, Utah, March 29
Army Capt. Nathan S. Dalley, 27, Kaysville, Utah, Nov. 17
Army Spc. David J. Goldberg, 20, Layton, Utah, Nov. 26
Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, Ogden, Utah, April 3
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Virginia (13):
Army Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, Springfield, Va., April 2
Army Command Sgt. Maj. James D. Blankenbecler, 40, Alexandria, Va., Oct. 1
Army Pvt. Jason L. Deibler, 20, Coeburn, Va., May 4
Army Sgt. Michael E. Dooley, 23, Pulaski, Va., June 8
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Cornell W. Gilmore I, 45, Stafford, Va., Nov. 7
Army 1st Lt. Joshua C. Hurley, 24, Clifton Forge, Va., Nov. 1
Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor, 24, Clifton, Va., April 7
Marines Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, Troutville, Va., March 30
Marines Staff Sgt. Donald C. May Jr., 31, Richmond, Va., March 25
Marines Lance Cpl. David Edward Owens Jr., 20, Winchester, Va., April 12
Army CWO5 Sharon T. Swartworth, 43, Virginia, Nov. 7
Army Capt. John R. Teal, 31, Mechanicsville, Va., Oct. 23
Air Force Maj. William R. Watkins III, 37, Danville, Va., April 7
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Vermont (5):
Army Spc. Solomon C. Bangayan, 24, Jay, Vt., Jan. 2
Marines Cpl. Mark A. Evnin, 21, Burlington, Vt., April 3
Army Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert, 20, Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 6
Army Chief Warrant Officer Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, Bennington, Vt., April 2
Army Capt. Pierre Piche, 29, Starksboro, Vt., Nov. 15
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West Virginia (1):
Army Pfc. Richard W. Hafer, 21, Nitro, W.Va., Nov. 15
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Washington (7):
Army Spc. Robert T. Benson, 20, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 4,
Marines Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns, 22, Vancouver, Wash., May 9
Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan, 30, Kent, Wash., Nov. 1
Army Spc. Justin W. Hebert, 20, Arlington, Wash., Aug. 1
Army Sgt. Curt E. Jordan Jr., 25, Greenacres, Wash., Dec. 28
Army Spc. Duane E. Longstreth, 19, Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 7
Army Pfc. Kerry D. Scott, 21, Mount Vernon, Wash., Oct. 6
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Wisconsin (9):
Army Pfc. Rachel Bosveld, 19, Waupin, Wis., Oct. 26
Army Sgt. 1st Class Dan H. Gabrielson, 39, Frederic, Wis., July 9
Army Sgt. Warren S. Hansen, 36, Clintonville, Wis., Nov. 15
Army Maj. Mathew E. Schram, 36, Brookfield, Wis., May 26
Army Maj. Christopher J. Splinter, 43, Platteville, Wis., Dec. 24
Marines Sgt. Kirk Allen Straseskie, 23, Beaver Dam, Wis., May 19
Army Spc. Paul J. Sturino, 21, Rice Lake, Wis., Sept. 22
Army Spc. Eugene A. Uhl III, 21, Amherst, Wis., Nov. 15
Army 2nd Lt. Jeremy L. Wolfe, 27, Menomenie, Wis., Nov. 15
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Wyoming (4):
Army Capt. Robert L. Lucero, 34, Casper, Wyo., Sept. 25
Army Pfc. Joseph P. Mayek, 20, Rock Springs, Wyo., April 14
Army 1st Lt. Leif E. Nott, 24, Cheyenne, Wyo., July 30
Marines Sgt. Brendon Reiss, 23, Hanna, Wyo., March 23
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Amerian Samoa (2):
Army Pvt. Jonathan I. Falaniko, 20, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Oct. 27
Army Spc. Farao K. Letufuga, 20, Pago Pago, American Samoa, Aug. 5
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Puerto Rico (7):
Army Sgt. Francisco Martinez, 28, Humacao, Puerto Rico, Nov. 4
Army Spc. Richard P. Orengo, 32, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, June 26
Army Sgt. Joel Perez, 25, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Nov. 2
Army Spc. Ramon Reyes Torres, 29, Caguas, Puerto Rico, July 16
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jose A. Rivera, 34, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Nov. 5
Army Sgt. Juan M. Serrano, 31, Manati, Puerto Rico, July 24
Army Spc. Frances M. Vega, 20, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 2 |
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Published on Sunday, January 25, 2004 by Inter Press Service
Chaos Under Heaven, and More to Come
by Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Retired Gen Anthony Zinni began warning that ousting Saddam Hussein, let alone invading Iraq, risked destabilizing the entire Middle East back in 1998, when he led U.S. Central Command and testified against the Iraq Liberation Act that made ''regime change'' official U.S. policy.
And just six months before the actual invasion last March, in October 2002, he told the annual Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy, ''we are about to do something that will ignite a fuse in this region that we will rue the day we ever started''.
While President George W. Bush tried hard to project a sense of confidence and control concerning Iraq and the larger Middle East in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, a careful look at the news this week suggested that Zinni's fears were not unfounded.
Talk of possible civil war in Iraq finally reached the front pages of U.S. newspapers, while reports that at least some elements of the administration are pushing for military action against Hezbollah in Lebanon and targets in Syria surfaced for the first time since last summer.
At the same time, by omitting any reference to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his speech, Bush indicated he has no intention of seriously pressing either party toward a cease-fire, let alone peace talks designed to meet the goal of the ”roadmap”: securing Palestinian statehood by next year.
In other words, the outlook for the region between the eastern Mediterranean and Iran 10 months after U.S. troops launched their drive from Kuwait to Iraq is for more -- possibly a lot more -- turbulence.
Long before this week, demands by Iraqi Kurds for virtually total autonomy, including the retention of their own ''pesh merga'' force, in a new, federal Iraq have been drawing grim warnings from neighboring Turkey, Iran and Syria -- which all have large and restive Kurdish populations.
But last week's rejection -- by Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani -- of a U.S. plan to transfer sovereignty to a transitional government that will not be directly elected by the Iraqi people, has brought home the message that whatever progress Washington is making in suppressing the insurgency in the ”Sunni Triangle” of central Iraq could very quickly be overwhelmed by the lack of a credible political strategy.
''CIA officers in Iraq are warning that the country may be on a path to civil war'', was the lead sentence in a front-page article in the 'Philadelphia Inquirer' Thursday.
The article, written by veteran Knight-Ridder reporters who have consistently led the mainstream media in uncovering secrets the Bush administration would rather not have exposed, quoted senior U.S. officials as saying that failure to satisfy demands for direct elections could spark an uprising by much of the heretofore friendly Shi'a population, who make up 60 percent or more of Iraq's 24 million people.
That message was underscored by the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of Shiites in protest demonstrations over the past week -- a display of discipline and organization that clearly surprised the administration.
If the Shi'a turn against the U.S.-led coalition, ”this would be like losing the Buddhists in Vietnam”, Anthony Cordesman, a Mideast expert at the conservative Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) here, told the 'Financial Times' Friday, referring to the U.S. war against the Asian country in the 1960s and '70s.
”It would mean losing the war”.
However unattractive that option seems, holding the direct elections Sistani is demanding -- which almost certainly would bring a Shi'a-dominated government to power -- is also considered distinctly dangerous.
''We can't simply walk away and let the Shi'a dictate the shape of the new government'', warned John Hamre, deputy defense secretary under Bush's predecessor Bill Clinton, earlier this week, ''because that will likely unleash a civil war in Iraq''.
Hamre, who as CSIS' president led an independent task force to Iraq last August to review the situation at Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's behest, described the administration as ”caught in a box”.
A box with more than a few sharp edges, too. Sistani and his followers have made clear that they, as well as the Sunnis, strongly oppose a federal system that would give Kurds the autonomy they seek, particularly if the northerners were to claim oil-rich Kirkuk as theirs.
Deadly clashes between the pesh merga and Turkomen and Arab residents in Kirkuk and parts of the northern Sunni Triangle have been a constant, albeit under-reported, feature of the landscape for months, but they might only be a warm-up to a much bigger struggle, unless the administration prevails on the Kurds to stand down.
The fact that Washington has permitted the pesh merga to retain its arms has not helped matters.
Meanwhile, tensions between Shi'as and Sunnis, who have dominated Iraqi governments since independence, have mounted steadily since Dec. 9, when three Sunnis were killed in an explosion at a Baghdad mosque.
While Washington says it agrees with Sistani that direct elections are best, it insists there is not enough time to hold them before the scheduled Jun. 30 turnover, a date that was decided more out of concern for Bush's re-election campaign than by a commitment to build viable democratic institutions in Iraq.
If the complicated ”caucus” system that Washington proposed in November will not work, the administration appears poised to back the creation of an enlarged Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) as the transitional government, although there is no agreement on how its members would be chosen.
Washington hopes that Sistani, who has indicated he will abide by the recommendations of U.N. experts as to how to proceed, will be willing to deal.
In this context, the administration appears increasingly frantic about involving the United Nations, which plans to send a team to Iraq to assess the situation next week.
While it hopes the world body can devise an agreement that will keep all parties calm and its transition timetable on track, Washington also clearly sees it as a convenient scapegoat if things go bad.
Not content with the mounting signs of civil war in Iraq, however, the Pentagon, presumably with the help of Vice President Dick Cheney's office, was reported this week by 'Jane's Intelligence Digest' to be drawing up plans for carrying out raids on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Syria, in what would be a notable expansion of Bush's ”war on terror”.
Some of the same personnel who worked in the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans (OSP), which reviewed intelligence for evidence allegedly linking Saddam to the al-Qaeda terrorist group and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs before the Iraq invasion, have reportedly been working on a similar effort regarding Syria.
David Warmer, a neo-conservative who has long advocated destabilizing Damascus through Lebanon and Iraq, joined Cheney's staff as his Mideast adviser last September.
An administration ally, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, also suggested this week that Iraq's alleged WMD stockpiles were transported to Syria before the war.
Most observers here believe the administration is unlikely to authorize such operations before the November presidential elections, if only because it would fuel voter concerns and Democratic charges that the president's conduct of the ''war on terror'' has been reckless and far too costly in blood, treasure and alliances.
They suggest the reports are being deliberately circulated to intimidate Syria's Assad regime into complying with a series of U.S. demands, including cutting off aid to Hezbollah and Palestinian groups.
Jane's noted, however, that U.S. attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon could well destabilize that country only a decade after its last civil war.
Copyright 2004 IPS
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4 more years of the chimp, and we'll all start getting drafted. |
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Yeah DaveSaenz ,your very right, Look people are you happy with all these American deaths so far. Huuuuuh let me hear ya Are you happy. I sure I'm not, I wish young people could vote. Well if you keep saying nothing is gonna change with me voting then your wrong and keep ignoring the problem and will effect you somehow.
Just a sad state where in :( :( :mad: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip: :( :( |
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very sad indeed
if Bush is so damn keen on donning a flight suit, maybe he should get his ass over there and get shot down and killed
sad state of affairs we are in today
vote democrat in 04, and remember that Congressional elections are just as important as presidential ones, if not moreso. Otherwise this authoritarian regime will keep sending off your loved ones to die. |
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Published on Monday, January 26, 2004 by the Financial Times (UK)
Cheney 'Waged War' on Blair Iraq Strategy
by James Blitz in London and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
Dick Cheney, US vice-president, "waged a guerrilla war" against attempts by Tony Blair, the British prime minister, to secure United Nations backing for the invasion of Iraq.
In the US, Democrats have also accused Mr Cheney of putting pressure on intelligence agencies to produce evidence Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. On Friday, David Kay, the top US weapons inspector in Iraq, resigned, saying he did not believe Iraq had large stocks of biological and chemical weapons.
Mr Cheney remained implacably opposed to the strategy even after George W. Bush, US president, addressed the UN on the importance of a multilateralist approach, according to a new biography of Mr Blair.
The US vice-president, along with the neo-conservatives in the Bush administration, has consistently argued that the US could be constrained by the UN's inability to reach agreement over the need to invade Iraq.
He told the World Economic Forum in Davos at the weekend: "There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve."
The extent of Mr Cheney's opposition emerges in the biography of the British prime minister by Philip Stephens, the Financial Times' political columnist.
In the run-up to the war, Mr Blair worked closely with Mr Bush to try to secure prior UN backing.
But Mr Stephens writes that Mr Cheney's opposition to UN involvement left Mr Blair uncertain whether Mr Bush would go down the UN route until he uttered the relevant words in his speech to the UN general assembly in September 2002. One Blair aide remarked: "[Mr Cheney] waged a guerrilla war against the process . . . He's a visceral unilateralist". Another agreed: "Cheney fought it all the way - at every twist and turn, even after Bush's speech to the UN."
In the US, Democrats have also accused Mr Cheney of putting pressure on intelligence agencies to produce evidence Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. On Friday, David Kay, the top US weapons inspector in Iraq, resigned, saying he did not believe Iraq had large stocks of biological and chemical weapons.
Mr Stephens' book reveals a string of acid interventions by Mr Cheney during critical talks between the president and prime minister at Camp David in September 2002. Once, he directly rebuked Alastair Campbell, Mr Blair's communications director.
In occasional contacts with British officials, Scooter Libby, the vice-president's chief of staff, made little secret of his boss's scorn for multilateralism. He once jibed: "Oh dear, we'd better not do that or we might upset the prime minister."
Mr Stephens also reveals that Mr Blair was concerned about relations with other European leaders, particularly Jacques Chirac, French president.
Mr Blair confided in close aides before the Iraq war that he believed Mr Chirac was personally "out to get him" because he feared the UK prime minister was usurping his own position as the natural leader of Europe.
According to Mr Stephens, the prime minister came to the view that Mr Chirac wanted to see him fall from power after receiving intelligence reports about the French president's private conversations.
© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2004
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If there's anyone who deserves to be laid off in America, it's Dick Cheney. His name seems to suit him at least.
Hehe, I was watching C Span coverage of the UK parliament the other day and enjoyed the opposition parties' comments about the "weapons of mass destruction related program activities" uncovered in Iraq.
:haha:
It makes me kinda wish that the US Senators and House of Representatives members would yell out loud and jeer like that.:D |
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| I am definitely going to vote this time around. Enough already!! |
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| quote: | Originally posted by beema
very sad indeed
if Bush is so damn keen on donning a flight suit, maybe he should get his ass over there and get shot down and killed
sad state of affairs we are in today
vote democrat in 04, and remember that Congressional elections are just as important as presidential ones, if not moreso. Otherwise this authoritarian regime will keep sending off your loved ones to die. |
Congressional elections are very important.
US Senate races are decided by a majority vote of the entire state, but guess who draws the congressional districts in the majority of states?
The majority party of the state's legislature.
In Texas and Pennsylvania recently Republicans took over those state's legislatures. Almost immediately they redrew the districts to evicerate minority communities and urban communities to dilute the power of democratic party voters in order to pick up more seats in the House of Representatives.
There was an appeal by civil rights groups to Ashcroft's justice department, but of course they rubber stamped the Texas and Pennsylvania redistricting plans. The US Supreme Court is set to rule on this issue soon, but it's the same 5-4 Republican majority that appointed Bush president.
In my opinion this practice of gerrymandering in general (for both parties) is against the voting rights act, and we need to reform it. Until we do, it's also important to vote in the state legislature races as well because that decides the makeup of the US House of Representatives.
Also, if Bush wins another term he will appoint the next Supreme Court justice(es). Roe vs. Wade will be overturned, and women in our country will be at risk of dying from complications of illegal back-alley abortions as they do presently in Africa, and as they once did in this country. I'm not pro-abortion, but I am pro choice because I realize the harm of completely illegal abortion. We can also throw out any civil rights laws and worker rights laws that our country has ever passed as well. |
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4 more years of the chimp, and we'll all start getting drafted. [/QUOTE]
Yea, that might be a horrible prediction that might materialize if Bush II continues to reign. I just hope that our votes will be enough to dethrone this man lest more innocent blood is spilled. |
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i dont mean to be a dick
but this really belongs in the political discussion forum. |
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| No offense to those families of lost ones... but that list is so small compared to the amount of lifes lost in Vietnam and Korea. Better read up on your history... just because it's happening today, doesnt make it any worse than previous wars, with little to no strategies. Death is part of war. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by Tranz
No offense to those families of lost ones... but that list is so small compared to the amount of lifes lost in Vietnam and Korea. Better read up on your history... just because it's happening today, doesnt make it any worse than previous wars, with little to no strategies. Death is part of war. |
If that list doesn't impress you vote for Bush so it can double in size. Then maybe you'll have something worth gawking over? |
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