[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the June 26, 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 9 to 15:

Marine Lance Cpl. Brent B. Zoucha, 19, of Merrick, Neb.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Army Sgt. Jose M. Velez, 35, of Bronx, N.Y.; assigned to the 773rd
Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Fort Totten, N.Y.

Army Pvt. Benjamin J. Slaven, 22, of Plymouth, Neb.; assigned to the 308th
Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Lincoln, Neb.

Navy Hospitalman (Seaman/E-3) Zachary M. Alday, 22, of Donalsonville, Ga.;
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 7th Regimental Combat Team, 1st
Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Marine Lance Cpl. Salvador Guerrero, 21, of Los Angeles; assigned to 1st
Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Army Cpl. Bernard P. Corpuz, 28, of Watsonville, Calif.; assigned to the
303rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade,
Fort Hood, Texas

Army Lt. Col. Charles E. Munier, 50, of Wheatland, Wyo.; assigned to the
Wyoming Army National Guard's training site in Guernsey, Wyo.

Army Sgt. Russell M. Durgin, 23, of Henniker, N.H.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum,
N.Y.Army 

Sgt. Roger P. Pena Jr., 29, of San Antonio; assigned to the 10th Sustainment
Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Marine Cpl. Michael A. Estrella, 20, of Hemet, Calif.; assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Army Spc. Jeremiah S. Santos, 21, of Minot, N.D.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Army Capt. Patrick D. Damon, 41, of Falmouth, Maine; assigned to the 240th
Engineer Group, Maine Army National Guard, Augusta, Maine

Army 1st Lt. Forrest P. Ewens, 25, of Washington state; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Sgt. Ian T. Sanchez, 26, of Staten Island, N.Y.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.


Casualty totals

June 9 - 15
Killed: 14; Wounded in action: 134


March 19, 2003 - June 15, 2006
Killed: 2,493; Wounded in action: 18,490

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Pro patria,

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.