Body count

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:

753 American soldiers, 106 “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 3.

American soldiers
killed from April 27-May 3:

Private First Class Jeremy R. Ewing; 22; Miami, Florida |
Staff Sergeant Esau G. Patterson, Jr.; 25; Ridgeland, South Carolina | Staff
Sergeant Jeffrey F. Dayton; 27; Caledonia, Mississippi | Sergeant Ryan M.
Campbell; 25; Kirksville, Missouri | Sergeant James L. Beckstrand; 27;
Escondido, California | Specialist Justin B. Schmidt; 23; Bradenton, Florida |
Private First Class Ryan E. Reed; 20; Colorado Springs, Colorado | Private
First Class Norman Darling; 29; Middleboro, Massachusetts | Petty Officer
Second Class Specialist Trevor A. Wine; 22; Orange, California | Petty Officer
Third Class Christopher M. Dickerson; 33; Eastman, Georgia | Jason B. Dwelley;
31; Apopka, Florida | Sergeant Landis W. Garrison; 23; Rapids City, Illinois |
Sergeant Adam W. Estep; 23; Campbell, California | Private First Class Martin
W. Kondor; 20; York, Pennsylvania | Specialist Jacob R. Herring; 21; Kirkland,
Washington | Private First Class Marquis A. Whitaker; 20; Columbus, Georgia |
Lance Corporal Aaron C. Austin; 21; Sunray, Texas | Sergeant Sherwood R. Baker;
30; Plymouth, Pennsylvania | Specialist Kenneth A. Melton; 30; Westplains,
Missouri | Staff Sergeant Abraham D. Penamedina; 32; Los Angeles, California |
Sergeant Lawrence A. Roukey; 33; Westbrook, Maine | Staff Sergeant Stacey C.
Brandon; 35; Hazen, Arkansas | Staff Sergeant Cory W. Brooks; 32; Philip, South
Dakota | Petty Officer Third Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal; 24; Smithtown, New
York | Corporal Jason L. Dunham; 22; Scio, New York | Captain Arthur L. Felder;
36; Lewisville, Arkansas | Corporal Christopher A. Gibson; 23; Simi Valley,
California | Chief Warrant Officer Patrick W. Kordsmeier; 49; North Little
Rock, Arkansas | Staff Sergeant Billy J. Orton; 41; Humnoke, Arkansas | Petty
Officer Second Class Christopher E. Watts; 28; Knoxville, Tennessee | eight
names not yet released