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Email quote from someone repeating the meme.
“Also, it really seems like things have been quieting down in Iraq since the elections. The terrorists are on the run and Iraqi security forces are taking over more of the duties.”
Are you so sure? Or is that just the spin? These are just the recent American dead. Doesn’t count all Iraqis or the wounded, including many horribly wounded, both Americans and Iraqis.
March 26-April 4, 2005
Lance Cpl. Jeremiah C. Kinchen, 22, of Salcha, Alaska, died April 4 from an explosion that occurred during combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, San Antonio, Texas. During Operation Iraq Freedom, Kinchen was attached to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Oak Ridge Man Is Second 278th Soldier Killed: posted April 6, 2005: A staff sergeant from Oak Ridge is the second soldier from the 278th Regiment killed in Iraq. The officer killed Monday (April 4) in fighting in Iraq was 35-year-old Stephen Curtis Kennedy. He died in fighting that followed an ambush south of Balad Ruz, Iraq.
A funeral was held last week for the first 278th casualty, Sgt. Paul W. Thomason III, 37, of Jefferson City. Sgt. Kennedy and another U.S. soldier were killed Monday after the attack by insurgents in a 4-hour gunbattle. Two other members of the 278th along with 15 Iraqi soldiers were wounded.
Buffalo firefighter-Army reservist killed in Iraq: Tuesday April 05, 2005: Buffalo firefighter-Army reservist killed in Iraq: BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Flags are flying at half-staff at fire stations throughout Buffalo in honor of a firefighter killed while on active duty with the Army Reserve in Iraq. Officials with the Rochester-based 98th Division say Staff Sergeant Christopher Dill was fatally shot yesterday (April 4) during an attack. Officials in Buffalo say the 32-year-old Dill was a second-generation city firefighter.
Cpl. William D. Richardson, 23, of Moreno Valley, Calif., died April 3, in Baghdad, Iraq, when he came under enemy fire and fell into a canal. Richardson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
The latest casualty, Sgt. James A. Sherrill, was killed Sunday (April 3) in Bayji, Iraq, when a bomb exploded near the military vehicle in which he rode. Sherrill, 27, of Ekron, was a member of the Kentucky Army National Guard's 2113th Transportation Company in Paducah.
Tibetan Immigrant Killed In Iraq: POSTED: 7:29 am EDT April 5, 2005: CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A Tibetan immigrant who came to the United States as a child was killed in combat in Iraq on Saturday, the Pentagon said Monday. Lance Cpl. Tenzin Dengkhim, 19, of Falls Church, Va., died "as a result of hostile action" in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune. Pentagon and Marine Corps officials provided no details about how he died, but the U.S. military in Iraq said a Marine it did not name had been killed Saturday (April 2) by an explosion during combat in the central city of Hadithah, which is in Anbar province.
Staff Sgt. Ioasa F. Tavae, Jr., 29, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, died April 2, in Mosul, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire. Tavae was assigned to the Army’s 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Cpl. Garrywesley T. Rimes, 30, of Santa Maria, Calif., died April 1 as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Rimes was attached to 2nd Marine Division.
Sgt. 1st Class Robbie D. McNary, 42, of Lewistown, Mont., died March 31, in Hawijah, Iraq, from injuries sustained while performing combat operations. McNary was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 163rd Mechanized Infantry Regiment, Missoula, Mont.
Sgt. Kelly S. Morris, 24, of Boise, Idaho, died March 30, in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire. Morris was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3d Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Ga.
Sgt. Kenneth L. Ridgley, 30, of Olney, Ill., died March 30 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries sustained when enemy forces using small arms fire attacked his unit. Ridgley was assigned to the Army’s 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Spc. Eric L. Toth, 21, of Edmonton, Ky., died March 30 on a supply route when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV. Toth was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Tompkinsville, Ky.
Parents' tribute to Iraq suicide soldier Apr 3 2005 By Sarah Robertson, Sunday Sun The devastated parents of a fitness fanatic soldier who hanged himself in Iraq have paid tribute to their "kind and loving" son. Private Mark Stephen Dobson, from Darlington, was found dead at his barracks in Basra air station in Southern Iraq on Easter Monday . . . just two weeks before he was due to come home.
April 2, 2005 Marine reservist killed in Iraq By William F. West Montgomery Advertiser WELLS The death of a Marine reservist is being felt both in his home city of Montgomery and his adopted home of Orlando, Fla. Warrant Officer Charles G. Wells Jr., 32, was killed Wednesday (March 30) while on his second tour of duty in Iraq. A convoy commander, Wells was in the western part of the country when his vehicle struck a land mine.
Pfc. Samuel S. Lee, 19, of Anaheim, Calif., died March 28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries. Lee was assigned to 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Greaves, Korea.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died March 26 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV while they were on patrol. Killed were: Sgt. Lee M. Godbolt, 23, of New Orleans, La. Godbolt was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, New Orleans, La. and Sgt. Isiah J. Sinclair, 31, of Natchitoches, La. Sinclair was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 156th Armored Regiment, Shreveport, La.
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