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:
609 American soldiers, 101 “Coalition” soldiers, and
approximately 9,000 Iraqi soldiers and 10,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed
in Iraq since
the beginning of the occupation to April 5.
American soldiers
killed from March 27-April 5:
Private First Class William R. Strange; 19; Adrian, Georgia
| Private First Class Dustin M. Sekula; 18; Edinburg, Texas | Private Brandon L. Davis; 20; Cumberland,
Maryland | First Lieutenant Doyle M. Hufstedler; 25;
Abilene, Texas | Specialist Michael G. Karr, Jr.; 23; San Antonio, Texas |
Specialist Sean R. Mitchell; 24; Youngsville, Pennsylvania | Private First
Class Cleston C. Raney; 20; Rupert, Idaho | Master
Sergeant Richard L. Ferguson; 45; Conway, New Hampshire | Specialist Jeremiah
J. Holmes; 27; North Berwick, Maine | Private First Class Sean M. Schneider;
22; Janesville, Wisconsin | Lance Corporal William J. Wiscowiche;
20; Victorville, California | Private First Class Leroy Sandoval, Jr.; 21;
Houston, Texas | Master Sergeant Timothy Toney; 37; New York City, New York |
Staff Sergeant Wentz Jerome Henry Shanaberger III;
33; Naples, Florida | Private First Class Bruce Miller, Jr.; 23; Orange, New
Jersey | Seven names not yet released
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, www.antiwar.com, Project on Defense
Alternatives, The New York Times, www.iraqbodycount.net
— Jennifer Weiss
This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2004.
