[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Aug 24 14:30:11 PDT 2010

Courtesy of the August 30, 2010 edition of the Army Times -

The following U.S. service member died while supporting combat operations in

Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 13, 2010 through
August

19, 2010:

Army Sgt. Brandon E. Maggart, 24, of Kirksville, Missouri; assigned to the
5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
Washington.

August 13, 2010 - August 19, 2010

Killed: 1; Wounded in action: 12

March 19, 2003 - August 19, 2010  

Killed: 4,405; wounded in action: 31,919

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations

in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 13, 2010

through August 19, 2010: 

Marine Cpl. Christopher J. Boyd, 22, of Palatine, Illinois; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine Sgt. Jason D. Calo, 23, of Lexington, Kentucky; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Marine Lance Cpl. Cody S. Childers, 19, of Chesapeake, Virginia; assigned to
2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, IIMarine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Pfc. Benjamen G. Chisholm, 24, of Fort Worth, Texas; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

Army Sgt. Steven J. Deluzio, 25, of South Glastonbury, Connecticut; assigned
to the 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Jericho, Vermont. 

Army Staff Sgt. Derek J. Farley, 24, of Nassau, New York; assigned to the
18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st
Theater Sustainment Command, Grafenwoehr, Germany.

Army Pvt. Charles M. High, IV, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Sgt. Martin A. Lugo, 24, of Tucson, Arizona; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia.

Army Pfc. Alexis V. Maldonado, 20, of Wichita Falls, Texas; assigned to the
20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Spc. Pedro A. Millet Meletiche, 20, of Elizabeth, New Jersey; assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski, 23, of Wheaton, Illinois; assigned to
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Edgar N. Roberts, 39, of Hinesville, Georgia; assigned
to 810th Engineer Company (SAPPER), Swainsboro, Georgia.

Marine Lance Cpl. Nathaniel J. A. Schultz, 19, of Safety Harbor, Florida;
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Spc. Tristan H. Southworth, 21, of West Danville, Vermont; assigned to
the 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Jericho, Vermont.

Navy Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Collin Thomas, 33, of Morehead, Kentucky;
assigned to an east coast-based SEAL team.

Army Spc. Christopher S. Wright, 23, of Tollesboro, Kentucky; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia.

August 13, 2010 - August 19, 2010

Killed: 16; Wounded in action: 113

October 10, 2001 - August 12, 2010

Killed: 1,219; Wounded in action: 7,540

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated 

(as of August 17, 2010)

 <http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100817ngr.pdf>
http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100817ngr.pdf

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 And the beat goes on . . . 

Bring 'em Home"

 <http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3>
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3

 "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 else'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

SFC, US Army (Retired)

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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