[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the July 31, 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 14 through July 20:

Army Sgt. Thomas B. Turner Jr., 31, of Cottonwood, Calif.; assigned to the
1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jerry A. Tharp, 44, of Muscatine, Iowa;
assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Rock Island, Ill.

Army Spc. Manuel J. Holguin, 21, of Woodlake, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division,
Baumholder, Germany 

Army Sgt. Andres J. Contreras, 23, of Huntington Park, Calif.; assigned to
the 519th Military Police Battalion, 1st Combat Support Brigade, Fort Polk,
La.

Army Sgt. Robert P. Kassin, 29, of Las Vegas, Nev.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Polk, La. 

Army Staff Sgt. Jason M. Evey, 29, of Stockton, Calif.; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Staff Sgt. Michael A. Dickinson II, 26, of Battle Creek, Mich.;
assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological
Operations Group, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Cpl. Kenneth I. Pugh, 39, of Houston Texas; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas 

Army Sgt. 1st Class Scott R. Smith, 34, of Punxsutawney, Pa.; assigned to
the 737th Explosive Ordnance Detachment, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Belvoir,
Va.

Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Chiomento, 34, of Fort Dix, N.J.; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Polk, La. 

Army Cpl. Nathaniel S. Baughman, 23, of Monticello, Ind.; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Marine Lance Cpl. Geofrey R. Cayer, 20, of Fitchburg, Mass.; assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Army Sgt. Mark R. Vecchione, 25, of Tucson Ariz.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany 

Army Staff Sgt. Eric Caban, 28, of Fort Worth, Texas; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C. 

Army Pfc. Derek J. Plowman, 20, of Everton, Ark.; assigned to the Army
National Guard's 1st Battalion, 142nd Fires Brigade, Rogers, Ark. 

Marine Cpl. Julian A. Ramon, 22, of Flushing, N.Y.; assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.


July 14 - July 20
Killed: 16; wounded in action: 114


March 19, 2003 - July 20, 2006
Killed: 2,565; wounded in action: 18,988

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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.