To
honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass media, City Newspaper will run weekly lists of
American/”Coalition” soldiers and Iraqi citizens killed during the ongoing
occupation of Iraq.
The totals:
797
American soldiers, 111 “Coalition” soldiers, and approximately 9,000 Iraqi
soldiers and 10,750 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since the
beginning of the occupation to May 24.
American
soldiers killed from May 18-24:
Staff
Sergeant Jeremy R. Horton; 24; Carneys Point, Pennsylvania | Private First
Class Leslie D. Jackson; 18; Richmond, Virginia | Sergeant First Class Troy L.
Miranda; 44; DeQueen, Arkansas | Corporal Rudy Salas; 20; Baldwin Park,
California | Specialist Michael C. Campbell; 34; Marshfield, Missouri | Staff
Sergeant William D. Chaney; 59; Schaumberg, Illinois | Staff Sergeant Joseph P.
Garyantes; 34; Rehoboth, Delaware | Specialist Marcos O. Nolasco; 34; Chino,
California | Lance Corporal Bob W. Roberts; 30; Newport, Oregon | Second
Lieutenant Leonard M. Cowherd; 22; Culpeper, Virginia | Private First Class
Brian K. Cutter; 19; Riverside, California | Sergeant James W. Harlan; 44;
Owensboro, Kentucky | Specialist Mark J. Kasecky; 20; McKees Rocks,
Pennsylvania
Sources: US
Department of Defense, www.lunaville.org, Project on Defense Alternatives, The
New York Times, www.iraqbodycount.net
—
Jennifer Weiss
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2004.
