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:
895 American soldiers and 120 Coalition soldiers have been
killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to July 19. More
than 5,394 American soldiers have been wounded in action, while an estimated
11,000 have become ill or been injured in “non-combat” incidents.
Nearly one in six soldiers returning from the war shows signs of post-traumatic
stress disorder or other emotional difficulties.
American soldiers
killed from July 13-19:
Staff Sergeant Paul C. Mardis, Jr.; 25; Palmetto, Florida | Private First
Class Jesse J. Martinez; 20; Tracy, California | Corporal Demetrius L. Rice;
24; Ortonville, New Mexico | Private First Class Torry D. Harris; 21; Chicago,
Illinois | Sergeant James G. West; 34; Watertown, New York | Specialist Dana N.
Wilson; 26; Fountain, Colorado | Sergeant Jeremy J. Fischer; 26; Lincoln,
Nebraska | Specialist Joseph M. Garmback; 24; Cleveland, Ohio | Corporal Terry
Holmes; 22; Hollywood, Florida | Sergeant Krisna Nachampassak; 27; Burke,
Virginia | Staff Sergeant Dustin W. Peters; 25; El Dorado, Kansas | Private
First Class Christopher J. Reed; 20; Craigmont, Idaho | Staff Sergeant Trevor
Spink; 36; Farmington, Missouri | Sergeant First Class Linda Ann
Tarango-Griess; 33; Sutton, Nebraska
Sources: US Department
of Defense, www.icasualties.org, The Institute for
Policy Studies, Foreign Policy In Focus, www.antiwar.com, CNN, The New York
Times
— Jennifer Weiss
This article appears in Jul 21-27, 2004.
