To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass
media, City Newspaper will run weekly
lists of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed during the occupation of
Iraq.
The totals:
1,299 American soldiers, 150 Coalition soldiers, and
approximately 14,876 to 17,072 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq (a
recent survey published by Lancet medical journal estimates as many as 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed), and 5,229
Americans have been seriously wounded from the beginning of the war and
occupation to December 19.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย An
Army study found about one in six soldiers in Iraq report symptoms of major
depression, serious anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder; some experts
predict that over 100,000 soldiers may eventually require mental health
treatment.
American soldiers
killed from December 14-19:
Specialist Robert W. Hoyt, 21; Ashford, Connecticut |
Specialist Edwin W. Roodhouse, 36; San Jose, California | Staff Sergeant Marvin
L. Trost, III, 28; Goshen, Indiana | Lance Corporal Jeffery S. Blanton, 23;
Fayetteville, Georgia | Staff Sergeant Melvin L. Blazer, 38; Moore, Oklahoma |
Corporal Jason S. Clairday, 21; Camp Fulton, Arkansas | Sergeant Jeffrey L.
Kirk, 24; Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Lance Corporal Hilario F. Lopez, 22;
Ingleside, Texas | Private First Class Joshua A. Ramsey, 19; Defiance, Ohio |
Lance Corporal Gregory P. Rund, 21; Littleton, Colorado | Corporal Ian W.
Steward, 21; Lake Hughes, California | Private First Class Brent T. Vroman, 21;
Oshkosh, Wisconsin | Lance Corporal Richard D. Warner, 22; Waukesha, Wisconsin
| Corporal Michael D. Anderson, 21; Modesto, California | Lance Corporal Joshua
W. Dickinson, 25; New Port Richey, Florida | Sergeant Tina S. Time, 22; Tucson,
Arizona | Lance Corporal Franklin A. Sweger, 24; San Antonio, Texas.
Sources: US Department
of Defense, www.icasualties.org, The New York Times,
www.iraqbodycount.net
This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2004.
