[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the September 4, 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 August 25 through August 31:

Marine Cpl. Jordan C. Pierson, 21, of Milford, Conn.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Plainville, Conn. 

Army Spc. Edgardo Zayas, 29, of Dorchester, Mass.; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Army Spc. Seth A. Hildreth, 26, of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Army Sgt. David J. Almazan, 27, of Van Nuys, Calif.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, Friedberg, Germany

Army Sgt. Darry Benson, 46, of Winterville, N.C.; assigned the 730th
Quartermaster Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard, Ahoskie, N.C. 

Army Spc. Joshua D. Jones, 24, of Pomeroy, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Spc. Kenneth M. Cross, 21, of Superior, Wis.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. 

Army Pfc. Daniel G. Dolan, 19, of Roy, Utah; assigned to the 1st Battalion,
23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade
Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

Army Staff Sgt. Jeffrey J. Hansen, 31, of Cairo, Neb.; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, Lincoln,
Neb. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Donald E. Champlin, 28, of Natchitoches, La.; assigned to
the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Spc. Matthew E. Schneider, 23, of Gorham, N.H.; assigned to the 141st
Signal Battalion, 1st Armored Division, Wiesbaden, Germany 

Marine Cpl. Christopher T. Warndorf, 21, of Burlington, Ky.; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

August 25 - August 31
Killed: 12; wounded in action: 164


March 19, 2003 - August 31, 2006
Killed: 2,647; wounded in action: 19,773

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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.