Sunday, July 12, 2009

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07/11/09 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Joshua R. Farris, 22, of La Grange, Texas, died July 9 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment...

07/10/09 :
DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
Lance Cpl. Roger G. Hager, 20, of Gibsonville, N.C., and Master Sgt. John E. Hayes, 36, of Middleburg, Fla., died July 8 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. They were assigned to 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion...

07/10/09 :
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
Spc. Gregory J. Missman, 36, of Batavia, Ohio, died July 8 at Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained elsewhere in Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 704th Brigade Support Battalion...

07/09/09 :
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Sgt. Michael C. Roy, 25, of North Fort Myers, Fla., died July 8 while supporting combat operations in Nimroz province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3d Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Advisor Group...

07/09/09 :
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren Ethan Tate, 21, of Canyon, Texas died of non-hostile causes July 8 at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the USS Iwo Jima, and deployed as an Individual Augmentee to Combined Security Transition...


2 comments:

Göran Koch-Swahne said...

O God! will it never end?

Prayers ascending!

Paul said...

some day, Göran, but when I have no idea. The death toll in Afghanistan is rising rapidly after a long lull. Of course, if we had stayed focused there instead of running of into totally unrelated Iraq and finished dealing with bin Laden....

History teaches the utter folly of trying to subjugate or occupy Afghanistan.