[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the September 18, 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 September 1 through September 7:

Marine Lance Cpl. Cliff K. Golla, 21, of Charlotte, N.C.; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Staff Sgt. Angel D. Mercado-Velazquez, 24, assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Staff Sgt. Eugene H.E. Alex, 32, of Bay City, Mich.; assigned to the
4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort
Wainwright, Alaska

Army Sgt. Ralph N. Porras, 36, of Merrill, Mich.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Pfc. Justin W. Dreese, 21, of Northumberland, Pa.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Marine Pvt. Ryan E. Miller, 21, of Gahanna, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Shane P. Harris, 23, of Las Vegas, N.M.; assigned to the
3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. 

Army Pfc. Nicholas A. Madaras, 19, of Wilton, Conn.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Marine Lance Cpl. Philip A. Johnson, 19, of Hartford, Conn.; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard J. Henkes II, 32, of Portland Ore.; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. 

Marine Cpl. Jared M. Shoemaker, 29, of Tulsa, Okla.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve,
Broken Arrow, Okla.

Marine Lance Cpl. Eric P. Valdepenas, 21, of Seekonk, Mass.; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Ayer, Mass. 

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher G. Walsh, 30, of St. Louis, Mo.;
assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 24th Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Navy
Reserve, Bridgetown, Mo. 

Army Pfc. Hannah L. Gunterman, 20, of Redlands, Calif.; assigned to the
542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, Fort Lewis, Wash.

September 1 - September 7
Killed: 14; wounded in action: 172


March 19, 2003 - September 7, 2006
Killed: 2,661; wounded in action: 19,945

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And the beat goes on . . .

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Vandalville, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
and steady dedication of a lifetime."

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.