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:
825 American soldiers, 111 “Coalition” soldiers, and
approximately 9,000 Iraqi soldiers and 11,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed
in Iraq since the beginning of the occupation to June 7. At least 4,882
American soldiers have been wounded in action since the war began.
American soldiers
killed from June 1-7:
Lance Corporal Todd J. Bolding; 23; Manvel, Texas | Corporal Bum R. Lee; 21;
Sunnyvale, California | Private First Class Markus J. Johnson; 20; Springfield,
Massachusetts | Captain Robert C. Scheetz, Jr.; 31; Dothan, Alabama | Lance
Corporal Dustin L. Sides; 22; Yakima, Washington | First Lieutenant Kenneth
Michael Ballard; 26; Mountain View, California | Private First Class Cody S.
Calavan; 19; Lake Stevens, Washington | Sergeant Aaron C. Elandt; 23; Lowell,
Michigan | Corporal Dominique J. Nicolas; 25; Maricopa, Arizona | Specialist
Charles E. Odums, II; 22; Sandusky, Ohio | Lance Corporal Rafael Reynosasuarez;
28; Santa Ana, California | Private First Class Nicholaus E. Zimmer; 20;
Columbus, Ohio | Lance Corporal Benjamin R. Gonzalez; 23; Los Angeles,
California | Specialist Michael J. Wiesemann; 20; North Judson, Indiana |
Private Bradli N. Coleman; 19; Ford City, Pennsylvania
Sources: US Department
of Defense, www.antiwar.com, CNN, Project on Defense Alternatives, The New York
Times, www.iraqbodycount.net
— Jennifer Weiss
This article appears in Jun 9-15, 2004.
