[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the March 31, 2008 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 March 14, 2008 through March 20, 
2008:

Army Spc. Lerando J. Brown, 27, of Gulfport, Mississippi; assigned to the 
288th Sapper Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, Mississippi Army National 
Guard, Houston, Mississippi. 

Army Staff Sgt. Michael D. Elledge, 41, of Brownsburg, Indiana; assigned 
to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th 
Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Army Sgt. Thomas C. Ray, II, 40, of Weaverville, North Carolina; assigned 
to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, 
Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 
 
Army Spc. Christopher C. Simpson, 23, of Hampton, Virginia; assigned to 
the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th 
Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Army Pvt. Tyler J. Smith, 22, of Bethel, Maine; assigned to the 3rd 
Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Spc. David S. Stelmat, 27, of Littleton, New Hampshire; assigned to 
the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, 
Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. Gregory D. Unruh, 28, of Dickinson, Texas; assigned to the 2nd 
Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. David B. Williams, 26, of Tarboro, North Carolina; assigned to 
the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, 
Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 

March 14, 2008 – March 20, 2008
Killed: 8; wounded in action: 56

March 19, 2003 – March 20, 2008 
Killed: 3,983; wounded in action: 29,451

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations 
in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from March 14, 2008 
through March 20, 2008: 

Air Force Tech. Sgt. William H. Jefferson, Jr., 34, of Norfolk, Virginia; 
assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North 
Carolina.

Army Staff Sgt. William R. Neil Jr., 38, of Holmden, New Jersey; assigned 
to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Pfc. Antione V. Robinson, 20, of Detroit, Michigan; assigned to the 
782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne 
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

March 14, 2008 – March 20, 2008 
Killed: 3; Wounded in action: 4

Oct. 10, 2001 – March 20, 2008
Killed: 485; Wounded in action: 1,909

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of March 19, 2008) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2008/d20080319ngr.pdf

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And the beat goes on . . . 

"Bring 'em Home"
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"If you love this land of the free 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Bring them back from overseas 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

It will make the politicians sad, I know 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
They wanna tangle with their foe 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

They wanna test their grand theories 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
With the blood of you and me 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

Now we'll give no more brave young lives 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
For the gleam in someone's eyes 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

The men will cheer and the boys will shout 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Yeah and we will all turn out 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

The church bells will ring with joy 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
To welcome our darlin' girls and boys 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

We will lift our voice and sound 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home." 

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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. 


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