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:
570 Americans, 101 “Coalition” soldiers, and approximately
10,000 Iraqi soldiers and 10,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since
the beginning of the occupation to March 19.
American soldiers
killed from March 13-19:
Specialist Tracy L. Laramore; 30; Okaloosa, Florida |
Sergeant William J. Normandy; 42; Augusta, Georgia | Master Sergeant Thomas R.
Thigpen, Sr.; 52; Augusta, Georgia | First Lieutenant Michael R. Adams; 24;
Seattle, Washington | Private First Class Joel K. Brattain; 21; Santa Anna,
California | Staff Sergeant Clint D. Ferrin; 31; Picayune, Mississippi |
Sergeant Daniel J. Londono; 22; Boston, Massachusetts | Specialist Jocelyn L.
Carrasquillo; 28; Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina | Specialist Jason C.
Ford; 21; Bowie, Maryland | Captain John F. Kurth; 31; Wisconsin | two names
not yet released
N.B.: In Operation
Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan, Philippines, the Persian Gulf, and other areas),
US military deaths exceed 110, not counting “Coalition” military
deaths. Estimated Afghan deaths so far: 3,700 or more civilians; thousands of
military deaths.
Sources: US Department
of Defense, www.lunaville.org, The New York Times, www.iraqbodycount.net
This article appears in Mar 24-30, 2004.
