[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Wed Jul 19 13:23:56 PDT 2006


>From the July 17, 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 7 through July 13:

Army Sgt. Duane J. Dreasky, 31, of Novi, Mich.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 119th Field Artillery, Michigan Army National Guard, Lansing,
Mich. 

Army Staff Sgt. Omar D. Flores, 27, of Mission, Texas; assigned to the 54th
Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Warner Barracks, Bamberg,
Germany

Army Spc. Troy C. Linden, 22, of Detroit Lakes, Minn.; assigned to the 54th
Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Warner Barracks, Bamberg,
Germany

Army Spc. Joseph P. Micks, 22, of Rapid River, Mich.; assigned to the 54th
Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Warner Barracks, Bamberg,
Germany

Army Spc. Damien M. Montoya, 21, of Holbrook, Ariz.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas 

Army Sgt. Irving Hernandez Jr., 28, of New York, N.Y.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort
Wainwright, Alaska

Army Sgt. Alkaila T. Floyd, 23, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; assigned to the 54th
Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany; died July 13
in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

July 7 - July 13
Killed: 7; wounded in action: 88


March 19, 2003 - July 13, 2006
Killed: 2,549; wounded in action: 18,874

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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.




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