To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass
media, City Newspaper will run weekly
lists of American soldiers killed during the occupation of Iraq.
The totals:
1,461 American soldiers, 172 Coalition soldiers, and approximately
15,941 to 18,200 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq
from the beginning of the war and occupation to February 13.
American soldiers
killed from Feb 8-13:
Specialist Jeremy O. Allmon, 22;
Cleburne, Texas | Staff Sergeant Steven G. Bayow, 42;
Colonia Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | Captain
Sean L. Brock, 29; Redondo Beach, California | Lance Corporal Richard C.
Clifton, 19; Milford, Delaware | Specialist Jeffrey Henthorn,
25; Choctaw, Oklahoma | Sergeant Jessica M. Housby,
23; Rock Island, Illinois | Specialist Robert A. McNail,
30; Meridian, Mississippi | Staff Sergeant William T. Robbins, 31; North Little
Rock, Arkansas | Staff Sergeant Kristopher L.
Shepherd, 26; Lynchburg, Virginia | Sergeant Daniel Torres, 23; Fort Worth,
Texas | Lance Corporal Travis M. Wichlacz, 22; West
Bend, Wisconsin | Staff Sergeant Zachary R. Wobler,
24; Ottawa, Ohio.
Sources: US Department of Defense, www.icasualties.org,
The New York Times, www.iraqbodycount.net
This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2005.
