To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass
media, City Newspaper will run weekly
lists of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed during the occupation of
Iraq.
The totals:
961 American soldiers, 131 Coalition soldiers, and
approximately 11,660 to 13,663 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from
the beginning of the war and occupation to August 21. More than 5,860 American
soldiers have been wounded in action. Nearly one in six soldiers returning from
the war shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder or other emotional
difficulties.
American soldiers
killed from Aug 16-21:
Private First Class Kevin A.
Cuming, 22; North White Plains, New York | First Lieutenant Charles L. Wilkins
III, 38; Columbus, Ohio | Private First Class Ryan A. Martin, 22; Mount Vernon,
Ohio | Corporal Brad P. McCormick, 23; Overton, Tennessee | Staff
Sergeant John R. Howard, 26; Covington, Virginia | Lance Corporal Tavon L.
Hubbard, 24; Reston, Virginia | Private First Class Brandon R. Sapp, 21; Lake
Worth, Florida | Sergeant Daniel Michael Shepherd, 23; Elyria, Ohio | Second
Lieutenant James Michael Goins, 23; Bonner Springs, Kansas | Specialist Mark
Anthony Zapata, 27; Edinburg, Texas | Private First Class Fernando B. Hannon,
19; Wildomar, California | Private First Class Geoffrey Perez, 24; Los Angeles,
California | Sergeant David M. Heath, 30; LaPorte, Indiana | Specialist Brandon
T. Titus, 20; Boise, Idaho | Sergeant Harvey E. Parkerson, III, 27; Yuba City,
California | Specialist Jacob D. Martir, 21; Norwich, Connecticut | Lance
Corporal Caleb J. Powers, 21; Manfield, Washington | Private First Class Henry
C. Risner, 26; Golden, Colorado | Lance Corporal Dustin R. Fitzgerald, 22;
Huber Heights, Ohio.
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
This article appears in Aug 25-31, 2004.
