DoD Identifies Marine Casualties (3 More)

[saigon68]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2004


http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040831-1206.html

The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.



Pfc. Nicholas M. Skinner, 20, of Davenport, Iowa, died Aug. 26 from injuries received due to enemy action in An Najaf, Iraq. Skinner was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.



Lance Cpl. Nickalous N. Aldrich, 21, of Austin, Texas, died Aug. 27 from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Aldrich was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.



Sgt. Edgar E. Lopez, 27, of Los Angeles, Calif., died Aug. 28 due to enemy action in Babil Province, Iraq. Lopez was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

ON EDIT: its now 978 ---people

[alcuno]

1. It's a secret.

May they all find peace with God.

[bluestateguy]

2. Disgusting

Remember: Only hostile casualties, since May 1, 2003 "count" towards the total. Don't want to undermine morale now, do we?

[KC21304]

12. Is that true ? I didn't know that.

[NickB79]

16. That doesn't make sense

It states right in the article above that one of the individuals counted died in a non-hostile vehicle accident.

[bluestateguy]

17. I was being sarcastic. That's how the corporate media treats it.

n/t

[Endangered Specie]

3. Translation: DoD Identifies 6 more casulties, reports 3.

[UpInArms]

4. forced into a corner the DoD is forced to release

the names of 3 - see:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x790466

Military is examining why official word took 3 days

By ERIN JORDAN
REGISTER IOWA CITY BUREAU
August 31, 2004

The Davenport father whose son was killed last week in Iraq said Marine Corps officials "grossly mishandled" the notification process when they waited three days to tell the family.

"It really upsets me that my son lost his life for his country, and his country didn't let us know for three days," Randy Skinner said.

Marine Pfc. Nick Skinner, 20, was shot in the neck Thursday near Najaf, the Iraqi city where fighting had raged until Friday.

Randy Skinner said he and his ex-wife, Laura Hamann, learned of their son's death when the father of Nick Skinner's best friend called Sunday morning to offer condolences. The man's son, also stationed in Najaf, sent him an e-mail about Nick's death on Saturday, Skinner said.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040831/NEWS11/408310396/1001

:cry:

How many more must there be for this country to wake the hell up?

[bluestateguy]

7. They are going to try as best as they can to not make a fuss over 1000

It's going to be hard for them to keep the official casualties under 1000 before the election now, but they still may have some tricks up their sleeve.

How the media responds to the 1000th casualty is an open question, but it's only a couple of weeks away.

[ezekiel333]

5. How many GOP delegates know even one name....

Less than the number that wear purple heart band aids I bet.

<http://floridapatriots.com/semper_fi.htm>

~Gunny C

[saigon68]

9. NICE TRIBUTE SITE GUNNY

Thank You so much :-)

[jab105]

14. Charles Neely - Cuban Liberals nephew :(

and Jeffrey Wershow who was from my town and died a little more than a year ago...a great guy...

[TacticalPeek]

19. Thanks for that.

Many are not necessary. I mean, even given that we are there in the mess, many are still not necessary. And that buck stops at the Chimp-in-Chief.


From someone who was around that Arredondo action:

... I once read that safety is relative. While at home in America people feel safe compared to, say, me hiding behind a street curb. It is relative because I actually see that curb as being safe from all that is raining down on me. Even though after thought it is obvious that it offers very little protection, I still view it as "safe". So safety is relative. Especially when in a fight your buddy takes it to the chest, and survives because of the body armor. Little bruising but OK.

The real bummer is - what would happen if we just simply pulled back and watched the town in the east on the border, on the river??? Nothing - except we would not be wasting servicemen's lives...



:grr: :grr: :grr:

[goforit]

6. Meanwhile the GOP parties hard in NY!!!!........No tears shed?

[Catfight]

8. Will Bush be attending their funerals? Did they bleed enough for Dole to

consider them worthy of heroism? Don't talk to this with BAbs in the room, it'll bother her beautiful mind. What a fucking bunch of callous people those Bush's are, if it doesn't have political gains it's not worth their time.

[AlCzervik]

15. No, Bush is at a softball game, ironic..softball

plus he's way too busy pandering to the fubdie loons, no time fot things like honoring the lost.

[Corgigal]

10. My local news

showed one of our area kids killed over in Iraq. He was USAF and was stationed in Alaska. It's our first kid, he was 21.

[saigon68]

11. I posted this before

Here is the link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x790218

[Inland]

13. Move along. Nothing to see here.

[Spiffarino]

18. Prayers for them and their families and friends

Pray (or chant) that they all come home soon. This has to end before we lose any more of our best and brightest.