[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the August 21, 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 August 4 through August 10:

Army Staff Sgt. Clint J. Storey, 30, of Enid, Okla.; assigned to the 1st
Calvary Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany

Army Sgt. Bradley H. Beste, 22, of Naperville, Ill.; assigned to the 1st
Calvary Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany

Army Sgt. Leroy Segura Jr., 23, of Clovis, N.M.; assigned to the 362nd
Engineer Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga. 

Army Pfc. Brian J. Kubik, 20, of Harker Heights, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Seale, 25, of Grafton, W.V.; assigned to the 2nd
Brigade Troop Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Sgt. Carlton A. Clark, 22, of South Royalton, Vt.; assigned to the 2nd
Brigade Troop Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Army Spc. Jose Zamora, 24, of Sunland Park, N.M.; assigned to the 2nd
Brigade Troop Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Staff Sgt. Tracy L. Melvin, 31, of Seattle, Wash.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany 

Army 1st. Sgt. Aaron D. Jagger, 43, of Hillsdale, Mich.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany

Army Spc. Ignacio Ramirez, 22, of Henderson, Nev.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany

Army Spc. Shane W. Woods, 23, of Palmer, Alaska; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany

Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Z. Long, 18, of Sun Valley, Nev.; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

August 4 - August 10
Killed: 12; wounded in action: 117


March 19, 2003 - August 10, 2006
Killed: 2,605; wounded in action: 19,387

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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
and steady dedication of a lifetime."

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.