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:

703 American soldiers, 103 “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 April 19.

American soldiers
killed from April 13-19:

Staff Sergeant Raymond E. Jones; 31; Gainesville, Florida |
Sergeant William C. Eckhart; 25; Rocksprings, Texas | Specialist Frank K.
Rivers, Jr.; 23; Woodbridge, Virginia | Sergeant Christopher Ramirez; 34;
McAllen, Texas | Staff Sergeant Victor A. Rosaleslomeli; 29; Westminster,
California | Specialist Richard K. Trevithick; 20; Gaines, Michigan | Private
Noah L. Boye; 21; Grand Island, Nebraska | Corporal Kevin T. Kolm; 23;
Hicksville, New York | Lance Corporal Brad S. Shuder; 21; El Dorado, California
| Sergeant Major Michael B. Stack; 48; Lake City, South Carolina | Lance
Corporal Robert P. Zurheide, Jr.; 20; Tucson, Arizona | Corporal Daniel R.
Amaya; 22; Odessa, Texas | Private First Class Nathan P. Brown; 21; South Glens
Falls, New York | Chief Warrant Officer Lawrence S. Colton; 32; Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma | Chief Warrant Officer Wesley C. Fortenberry; 38; Woodville, Texas |
Lance Corporal Phillip E. Frank; 20; Elk Grove, Illinois | Private First Class
Gregory R. Goodrich; 37; Bartonville, Illinois | Lance Corporal Torrey L. Gray;
19; Patoka, Illinois | First Lieutenant Oscar Jimenez; 34; San Diego,
California | Staff Sergeant Toby W. Mallet; 26; Kaplan, Louisiana | Private
First Class George D. Torres; 23; Long Beach, California | Specialist Allen J.
Vandayburg; 20; Mansfield, Ohio | Private First Class Eric A. Ayon; 26; Arleta,
California | Specialist Adolf C. Carballo; 20; Houston, Texas | Specialist
Peter G. Enos; 24; South Dartmouth, Massachusetts | Specialist Justin W.
Johnson; 22; Rome, Georgia | Staff Sergeant Don S. McMahan; 31; Nashville,
Tennessee | Private First Class Chance R. Phelps; 19; Clifton, Colorado | Lance
Corporal John T. Sims, Jr.; 21; Alexander City, Alabama | Specialist Michelle
M. Witmer; 20; New Berlin, Wisconsin

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 21-27, 2004.