[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the July 10, 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 June 23 through June 29:

Army Cpl Ryan J. Buckley, 21, of Nokomis, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Staff Sgt. Mario J. Bievre, 34, of Glendale Heights, Ill.; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Pfc. Paul A. Beyer, 21, of Jamestown, N.D.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Pfc. Devon J. Gibbons, 19, of Port Orchard, Wash.; assigned to the 10th
Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Spc. Channing G. Singletary, 30, of Sylvester, Ga.; assigned to the
122nd Support Center, Georgia Army National Guard, Savannah, Ga.

Army Staff Sgt. Virrueta A. Sanchez, 33, of Houston, Texas; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Army Master Sgt. Thomas D. Maholic, 38, of Bradford, Pa., assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. 

Army Sgt. Benjamin J. Laymon, 22, of Mount Vernon, Ohio; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 10th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Sgt. Justin D. Norton, 21, of Rainier, Wash.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 10th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Pfc. Justin R. Davis, 19, of Gaithersburg, Md.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. 

Marine Cpl. Paul N. King, 23, of Tyngsboro, Mass.; assigned to 1st
Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve,
Ayer, Mass.

Army Pfc. Michael J. Potocki, 21, of Baltimore, Md.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, Baumholder, Germany

Marine Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar, 30, of Lake Orion, Mich.; assigned to
3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Terry O.P. Wallace, 33, of Winnsboro, La.; assigned to
the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas 

Marine Cpl. Jason W. Morrow, 27, of Riverside, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. 

Cpl. Jeremy S. Jones, 25, of Omaha, Neb.; assigned to the 1st Battalion,
67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Marine Pfc. Rex A. Page, 21, of Kirksville, Mo.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Army Cpl. Aaron M. Griner, 24, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Spc. Christopher D. Rose, 21, of San Francisco; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Sgt. Bryan C. Luckey, 25, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to the 562nd
Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Army Sgt. Terry M. Lisk, 26, of Fox Lake, Ill.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, Friedberg, Germany

Army Staff Sgt. Joseph F. Fuerst, III, 26 of Tampa Fla.; assigned to the
53rd Infantry Brigade, Florida Army National Guard, Pinellas Park Fla.

June 23 - June 29
Killed: 22; Wounded in action: 124


March 19, 2003 - June 29, 2006
Killed: 2,535; Wounded in action: 18,696

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And the beat goes on . . .

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.