The totals:
1933 US soldiers, 198 Coalition soldiers, and approximately
26,323 to 29,653 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of
the war and occupation to September 28.
American soldiers
killed between September 24 and 28:
Specialist Mike T. Sonoda Jr., 34;
Fallbrook, California | Sergeant Andrew J. Derrick, 25; Columbia, South
Carolina | Sergeant Shawn A. Graham, 34; Red Oak, Texas | Private Elijah M.
Ortega, 19; Oxnard, California | Sergeant Howard P. Allen, 31; Mesa, Arizona |
Sergeant Andrew P. Wallace, 25; Oshkosh, Wisconsin | Specialist Michael J.
Wendling, 20; Mayville, Wisconsin | Master Sergeant Tulsa T. Tuliau, 33;
Watertown, New York | Sergeant 1st Class Casey E. Howe, 32; Philadelphia, New
York | Staff Sergeant Jason A. Benford, 30; Toledo, Ohio | Sergeant Steve
Morin, Jr., 34; Arlington, Texas | Staff Sergeant Daniel L. Arnold, 27;
Montrose, Pennsylvania | Staff Sergeant George A. Pugliese, 39; Carbondale,
Pennsylvania | Sergeant Eric W. Slebodnik, 21; Greenfield Township,
Pennsylvania.
Sources: US Department
of Defense, www.icasualties.org, The New York Times,
www.iraqbodycount.net
This article appears in Oct 5-11, 2005.
