To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass
media, City Newspaper will run weekly
lists of American/”Coalition” soldiers killed during the ongoing occupation of
Iraq.
The totals:
838 American soldiers and 116 “Coalition” soldiers have been
killed in Iraq since the beginning of the occupation to June 14. At least 5,013
American soldiers have been wounded in action since the war began.
American soldiers
killed from June 8-14:
Private First Class Thomas D. Caughman; 20; Lexington, South Carolina |
Lance Corporal Jeremy L. Bohlman; 21; Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Captain
Humayun S. M. Khan; 27; Bristow, Virginia | Sergeant Jamie A. Gray; 29;
Montpelier, Vermont | Sergeant Frank T. Carvill; 51; Carlstadt, New Jersey | Specialist
Ryan E. Doltz; 26; Mine Hill, New Jersey | Specialist Christopher M. Duffy; 26;
Brick, New Jersey | Sergeant Justin L. Eyerly; 23; Salem, Oregon | Private
First Class Melissa J. Hobart; 22; Ladson, South Carolina | Specialist Justin
W. Linden; 22; Portland, Oregon | First Lieutenant Erik S. McCrae; 25;
Portland, Oregon | Sergeant Melvin Y. Mora; 27; Columbia, Missouri | Sergeant
Humberto F. Timoteo; 25; Newark, New Jersey
Sources: US Department
of Defense, www.icasualties.org, www.antiwar.com, CNN,
The New York Times
— Jennifer Weiss
This article appears in Jun 16-22, 2004.
