This Week with Christiane Amanpour marks the passings of former head of the NIH Dr. Bernadine Healy, former NY Governor Hugh Carey and radio host/songwriter Fred Imus. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of thirty-six service members
August 14, 2011

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This Week with Christiane Amanpour marks the passings of former head of the NIH Dr. Bernadine Healy, former NY Governor Hugh Carey and radio host/songwriter Fred Imus. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of thirty-six service members killed in Afghanistan. Most of these deaths occured in the Taliban-credited helicopter attack last Saturday.

US Marines Sgt Daniel J Patron, 26, Canton, OH
US Marines Sgt Adan Gonzales Jr, 28, Bakersfield, CA
US Marines Sgt Joshua J Robinson, 29, Omaha, NE
US Army SGT Alessandro L Plutino, 28, Pitman, NJ
US Navy LCDR (SEAL) Jonas B Kelsall, 32, Shreveport, LA
US Navy MCPO (SEAL) Louis J Langlais, 44, Santa Barbara, CA
US Navy SCPO (SEAL) Thomas A Ratzlaff, 34, Green Forest, AR
US Navy SCPO (SEAL) Kraig M Vickers, 36, Kokomo, HI
US Navy CPO (SEAL) Brian R Bill, 31, Stamford, CT
US Navy CPO (SEAL) John W Faas, 31, Minneapolis, MN
US Navy CPO (SEAL) Kevin A Houston, 35, West Hyannisport, MA
US Navy CPO (SEAL) Matthew D Mason, 37, Kansas City, MO
US Navy CPO (SEAL) Stephen M Mills, 35, Fort Worth, TX
US Navy CPO (SEAL) Nicholas H Null, 30, Washington, WV
US Navy CPO (SEAL) Robert J Reeves, 32, Shreveport, LA
US Navy CPO (SEAL) Heath M Robinson, 34, Detroit, MI
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Darrik C Benson, 28, Angwin, CA
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Christopher G Campbell, 36, Jacksonville, NC
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Jared W Day, 28, Taylorsville, UT
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) John Douangdara, 26, South Sioux City, NE
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Michael J Strange, 25, Philadelphia, PA
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Jon T Tumilson, 35, Rockford, IA
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Aaron C Vaughn, 30, Stuart, FL
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Jason R Workman, 32, Blanding, UT
US Navy PO1 (SEAL) Jesse D Pittman, 27, Ukiah, CA
US Navy PO2 (SEAL) Nicholas P Spehar, 24, St Paul, MN
US Army CWO David R Carter, 47, Centennial, CO
US Army CWO Bryan J Nichols, 31, Hays, KS
US Army SGT Patrick D Hamburger, 30, Lincoln, NE
US Army SGT Alexander J Bennett, 24, Tacoma, WA
US Army SPC Spencer C Duncan, 21, Olathe, KS
US Air Force TSgt John W Brown, 33, Tallahassee, FL
US Air Force SSgt Andrew W Harvell, 26, Long Beach, CA
US Air Force TSgt Daniel L Zerbe, 28, York, PA
US Marines Cpl Nicholas S Ott, 23, Manchester, NJ
US Navy Hospitalman Riley Gallinger-Long, 19, Cornelius, OR

According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is now 4,792; in Afghanistan, 2676, of which 157 are Canadian. During this same period, Iraq Body Count lists 69 Iraqi civilian deaths.

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