[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the June 12, 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 May 26 through June 1:

Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Lucas, 20, of Greensboro, N.C.; assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.

 Army Spc. J. Adan Garcia, 20, of Irving, Texas; assigned to the 1st Brigade
Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
(Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Spc. Jeremy M. Loveless, 25, of Estacada, Ore.; assigned to the Army's
2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,
Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Army Capt. James A. Funkhouser, 35, of Katy, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Marine Cpl. Richard A. Bennett, 25, of Girard, Kan.; assigned to Marine
Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, 3rd Marine
Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Marine Capt. Nathanael J. Doring, 31, of Apple Valley, Minn.; assigned to
Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron-169, Marine Aircraft Group-39, 3rd
Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Army Spc. Bobby R. West, 23, of Beebe, Ark.; assigned to the 1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Spc. Brock L. Bucklin, 28, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Army Sgt. Benjamin E. Mejia, 25, of Salem, Mass.; assigned to the 4th
Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort
Wainwright, Alaska

Army Cpl. Alexander J. Kolasa, 22, of White Lake, Mich.; assigned to the
704th Main Support Battalion, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
Texas.


May 19-25
Killed: 10; Wounded in action: 70


March 19, 2003-May 25
Killed: 2,465; Wounded in action: 18,254

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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.