Monday, October 27, 2008

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10/27/08 AP:
Suicide bomber kills 2 American soldiers
a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a police station in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing two American soldiers and wounding five other people, officials said.

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UPDATE (10/30):
10/28/08 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualties (2 of 2)
Sgt. Nicholas A. Casey, 22, of Canton, Ohio, who was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C...died Oct. 27 in Baghlan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when a suicide bomber detonated explosives...



10/28/08 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualties (1 0f 2)
Sgt. Kevin D. Grieco, 35, of Bartlett, Ill., who was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery, Illinois Army National Guard, Sycamore, Ill...died Oct. 27 in Baghlan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when a suicide bomber...


10/29/08 :
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
1st Lt. Trevor J. Yurista, 32, of Pleasant Valley, N.Y., died Oct. 27 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force...

You may read more about Casey and Grieco at IGTNT (where I found the photos).

O God of grace and glory, we remember before you this day our brothers and sisters. We thank you for giving them to us, their families and friends, to know and to love as companions on our earthly pilgrimage. In your boundless compassion, console those who mourn. Give us faith to see in death the gate of eternal life, so that in quiet confidence we may continue our course on earth, until, by your call, we are reunited with those who have gone before; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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