[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the September 4, 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 18 through August 24:

Army Sgt 1st Class Ruben J. Villa Jr., 36, of El Paso, Texas; assigned to
the Area Support Group (CFLCC), Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

Army Sgt. Wakkuna A. Jackson, 21, of Jacksonville, Fla.; assigned to the
710th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Spc. Robert E. Drawl Jr., 21, of Alexandria, Va.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Spc. Christopher F. Sitton, 21, of Montrose, Colo.; assigned to the
710th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. 

Army Sgt. Marquees A. Quick, 28, of Hoover Ala.; assigned to the 1st Cavalry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany

Air Force Senior Airman Adam P. Servais, 23, of Onalaska, Wis.; assigned to
the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 

Navy Hospitalman Chadwick T. Kenyon, 20, of Tucson, Ariz.; assigned to the
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. 

Army Sgt. Gabriel G. DeRoo, 25, of Paw Paw, Mich.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Lewis, Wash.

Marine Cpl. Adam A. Galvez, 21, of Salt Lake City, Utah; assigned to the 3rd
Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Randy L. Newman, 21, of Bend, Ore.; assigned to the 3rd
Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Air Force Master Sgt. Brad A. Clemmons, 37, of Chillicothe, Ohio; assigned
to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska 

Navy Chief Petty Officer Paul J. Darga, 34, of Lansing, Mich.; assigned to
the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, serving with the 1st Marine
Logistics Group; 

Marine Lance Cpl. James D. Hirlston, 21, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Army Spc. Thomas J. Barbieri, 24, of Gaithersburg, Md.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. 

Army Sgt. Jeremy E. King, 23, of Meridian, Idaho; assigned to the 8th
Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Marine Staff Sgt. Dwayne E. Williams, 28, of Baltimore, Md.; assigned to the
9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan

Marine Staff Sgt. Gordon G. Solomon, 35, of Fairborn, Ohio; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Pfc. William E. Thorne, 26, of Hospers, Iowa; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas


August 18 - August 24
Killed: 19; wounded in action: 98


March 19, 2003 - August 24, 2006
Killed: 2,635; wounded in action: 19,609

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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.