[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the May 29, 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 May 12 through May 18:

Army Spc. Armer N. Burkart, 26, of Rockville, Md.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Spc. Brandon L. Teeters, 21, of Lafayette, La.; assigned to the 8th
Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas 

Marine Lance Cpl. Adam C. Conboy, 21, of Philadelphia, Pa.; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Marine Lance Cpl. Richard Z. James, 20, of Seaford, Del.; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Spc. Ronald W. Gebur, 23, of Delavan, Ill.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas 

Army Maj. Matthew W. Worrel, 34, of Lewisville, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort
Campbell, Ky.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47 of Daleville, Ala.; assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne),
Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Chief Warrant Officer 4, John W. Engeman, 45, of East North Port, N.Y.;
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 312th Regiment, 30th Enhanced Separate
Brigade, Clinton, N.C. 

Army Master Sgt. Robert H. West, 37, of Elyria, Ohio; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 312th Regiment, 30th Enhanced Separate Brigade, Clinton, N.C. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Jose S. MarinDominguez Jr., 22, of Liberal, Kan.; assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii 

Marine Lance Cpl. Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby, 21, of Overbrook, Okla.;
assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Army Staff Sgt. Marion Flint Jr., 29, of Baltimore, Md.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort
Carson, Colo. 

Army Pfc. Grant A. Dampier, 25, of Merrill, Wis.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort
Carson, Colo. 

Army Capt. Shane R. Mahaffee, 36, of Alexandria, Va.; assigned to the 489th
Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Knoxville, Tenn.

Army Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel, 32, of Bowling Green, Ky.; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class (Petty Officer 3rd Class) Lee Hamilton
Deal, 23, of West Monroe, La.; assigned to 2nd Marine Division Fleet, Marine
Force Atlantic, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland, 43, of San Antonio; assigned to the 352nd
Civil Affairs Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army 1st. Lt. Robert A. Seidel III, 23, of Gettysburg, Pa.; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Sgt. Lonnie C. Allen Jr., 26, of Bellevue, Neb.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
(Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer, 25, of Gilmanton, N.H.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
(Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Marine Cpl. William B. Fulks, 23, of Culloden, W.Va.; assigned to the 2nd
Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Staff Sgt. Christian Longsworth, 26, of Newark, N.J.; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.


May 12 - 18
Killed: 22; Wounded in action: 105


March 19, 2003 - May 18, 2006
Killed: 2,445; Wounded in action: 18,088

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And the beat goes on . . .


Seeya round town, Moscow.

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.