The
totals:
2178 US
soldiers, 201 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 27,707 to 31,232 Iraqi
civilians have been killed in Iraq
from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 1.
15,955 American soldiers have been
wounded in action between March 2003 and December 2005. www.icasualties.org
estimates that 2590 Iraqi police and military were killed in 2005.
American
soldiers killed between December 21 and 29:
1st Lieutenant Benjamin T. Britt, 24;
Wheeler, Texas | Specialist William Lopez-Feliciano, 33; Quebradillas,
Puerto Rico | Sergeant Regina C. Reali, 25; Fresno,
California | Sergeant Cheyenne C. Willey, 36; Fremont, California | Master
Sergeant Joseph J. Andres, Jr., 34; Seven Hills, Ohio | Sergeant Myla L. Maravillosa, 24; Wahiawa,
Hawaii | Specialist Anthony O. Cardinal, 20; Muskegon, Michigan | Specialist
Sergio Gudino, 22; Pomona, California | Sergeant
Dominic R. Coles, 25; Jesup, Georgia | Specialist
Dane O. Carver, 20; Freeport, Michigan | Chief Warrant Officer Richard M.
Salter, 44; Cypress, Texas | Chief Warrant Officer Isaias
E. Santos, 28; Ancon, Panama | Specialist Lance S. Sage, 26; Hempstead, New York |
Private Joshua M. Morberg, 20; Sparks, Nevada |
Specialist Aaron M. Forbes, 24; Oak
Island, North Carolina |
Private First Class George A. Lutz, II, 25; Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Sources:
US Department of Defense, www.icasualties.org,
The New York Times, www.iraqbodycount.net, www.ncptsd.va.gov
This article appears in Jan 4-10, 2006.
