[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the April 14, 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 28, 2008 through April 3, 
2008:

Army Spc. Durrell L. Bennett, 22, of Spanaway, Washington; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry 
Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Army Capt. Ulises Burgos-Cruz, 29, of Puerto Rico; assigned to the 1st 
Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Army Sgt. Dayne D. Dhanoolal, 26, of Brooklyn, New York; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis L. Griffin, 28, of Dover, Delaware; assigned 
to the 377th Security Forces Squadron, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.

Marine Maj. William G. Hall, 38 of Seattle, Washington; assigned to 3rd 
Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd 
Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, 
California.

Army Spc. Charles A. Jankowski, 24, of Panama City, Florida; assigned to 
the 3rd Brigade Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Sgt. Jevon K. Jordan, 32, of Norfolk, Virginia; assigned to the 3rd 
Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Pfc. Patrick J. Miller, 23, of New Port Richey, Florida; assigned to 
the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry 
Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Army Spc. Matthew T. Morris, 23, of Cedar Park, Texas; assigned to the 2nd 
Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Pfc. Shane D. Penley, 19, of Sauk Village, Illinois; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st 
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Staff Sgt. Emanuel Pickett, 34, of Teachey, North Carolina; assigned 
to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, 
Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Army Colonel Stephen K. Scott, 54, of New Market, Alabama; assigned to the 
356th Quartermaster Battalion, Laurel, Mississippi.

Army Maj. Stuart A. Wolfer, 36, of Coral Springs, Florida; assigned to the 
11th Battalion, 104th Division, Boise, Idaho.

March 28, 2008 – April 3, 2008
Killed: 13; wounded in action: 132

March 19, 2003 – April 3, 2008 
Killed: 4,003; wounded in action: 29,628

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations 
in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from March 28, 2008 
through April 3, 2008: 

Army Sgt. Nicholas A. Robertson, 27, of Old Town, Maine; assigned to the 
3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North 
Carolina.

March 28, 2008 – April 3, 2008 
Killed: 1; Wounded in action: 6

Oct. 10, 2001 – April 3, 2008
Killed: 487; Wounded in action: 1,923

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of April 2, 2008) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2008/d20080402ngr.pdf

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And the beat goes on . . . 

"Bring 'em Home"
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'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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