[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the June 19, 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 2 through June 8:

Army Sgt. Daniel R. Gionet, 23, of Pelham, N.H.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Spc. Issac S. Lawson, 35, of Sacramento, Calif.; assigned to 49th
Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, Fairfield, Calif.

Navy Equipment Operator 1st Class (Petty Officer 1st Class) Gary T.
Rovinski, 44, of Roseville, Ill.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction
Battalion 25, Fort McCoy, Wis.

Army Cpl. Derek A. Stanley, 20, of Tulsa, Okla.; assigned to the 710th
Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
(Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaime S. Jaenke, 29, of Bay City, Wis.;
assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Fort McCoy, Wis.

Army Sgt. Travis A. Van Zoest, 21, of Larimore, N.D.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, North Dakota Army National Guard,
Grand Forks, N.D.

Army Spc. Curtis R. Mehrer, 21, of Bismarck, N.D.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, North Dakota Army National Guard,
Grand Forks, N.D.

Marine Sgt. Mark T. Smykowski, 23, of Mentor, Ohio; assigned to 2nd
Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Army Staff Sgt. Richard A. Blakley, 34, of Plainfield, Ind.; assigned to the
38th Main Support Battalion, Indiana Army National Guard, Indianapolis, Ind.

Army 1st Lt. Scott M. Love, 32, of Knoxville, Tenn.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Baumholder, Germany

Army Pfc. David N. Crombie, 19, of Winnemucca, Nev.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Baumholder, Germany

Army 2nd Lt. John S. Vaughan, 23, of Edwards, Colo.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort
Wainwright, Alaska

Army Spc. Luis D. Santos, 20, of Rialto, Calif.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Clarence D. McSwain, 31, of Meridian, Miss.; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

June 2 - June 8
Killed: 14; Wounded in action: 102

March 19, 2003 - June 8, 2006
Killed: 2,479; Wounded in action: 18,356

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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.