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:

1028 American soldiers, 135 Coalition soldiers, and
approximately 12,800 to 14,843 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from
the beginning of the war and occupation to September 21.

American soldiers
killed from Sept 14-21:

Petty Officer Third Class David A. Cedergren, 25; South St.
Paul, Minnesota | Lance Corporal Cesar F. Machado-Olmos, 20; Spanish Fork, Utah
| Specialist Michael A. Martinez, 29; Juan Díaz, Puerto Rico | Private First
Class Jason L. Sparks, 19; Monroeville, Ohio | Lance Corporal Dominic C. Brown,
19; Austin, Texas | Specialist Edgar P. Daclan, Jr., 24; Cypress, California |
Specialist Lauro G. DeLeon, Jr., 20; Floresville, Texas | Staff Sergeant Guy S.
Hagy, Jr., 31; Lodi, California | Lance Corporal Michael J. Halal, 22;
Glendale, Arizona | First Lieutenant Tyler H. Brown, 26; Atlanta, Georgia |
Sergeant Jacob H. Demand, 29; Palouse, Washington | Lance Corporal Mathew D.
Puckett, 19; Mason, Texas | Major Kevin M. Shea, 38; Washington, DC | Corporal
Adrian V. Soltau, 21; Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Corporal Jaygee Meluat, 24;
Tamaning, Guam | First Lieutenant Andrew K. Stern 24; Germantown, Tennessee |
Corporal Christopher S. Ebert, 21; Mooresboro, North Carolina | Corporal Steven
A. Rintamaki, 21; Lynnwood, Washington | Lance Corporal Gregory C. Howman, 28;
Charlotte, North Carolina | Lance Corporal Drew M. Uhles, 20; Du Quoin,
Illinois.

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, www.iraqbodycount.net

This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2004.