[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the August 14, 2006 edition of the Army Times -

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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from July 28 through August 3:

Marine Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus, 28, of Wolf Creek, Mont.; assigned to the 3rd
Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony E. Butterfield, 19, of Clovis, Calif.; assigned to
the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Marine Sgt. Christian B. Williams, 27, of Winter Haven, Fla.; assigned to
the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Marine Pfc. Jason Hanson, 21, of Forks, Wash.; assigned to the 3rd Light
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. 

Army Sgt. Joshua A. Ford, 20, of Wayne, Neb.; assigned to the 189th
Transportation Company, 485th Corps Support Battalion, Nebraska Army
National Guard, Norfolk, Neb.

Army Spc. Hai Ming Hsia, 37, of New York, N.Y.; assigned to the 6th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany

Army Sgt. Ryan D. Jopek, 20, of Merrill, Wis.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard, Waupun,
Wis. 

Army Sgt. Dustin D. Laird, 23, of Martin, Tenn.; assigned to the 913th
Engineer Company, 46th Engineer Battalion, Tennessee Army National Guard,
Union City, Tenn.

Marine Cpl. Joseph A. Tomci, 21, of Stow, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Army Sgt. George M. Ulloa Jr., 23, of Austin, Texas; assigned to the 2nd
Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Kurt E. Dechen, 24, of Springfield, Vt.; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, while attached to
Regimental Combat Team 5, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
Calif.


July 28 - August 3
Killed: 11; wounded in action: 113


March 19, 2003 - August 3, 2006
Killed: 2,593; wounded in action: 19,270

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
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