This Week: In Memoriam
By Nicole Belle Sunday Oct 11, 2009 6:00pm
This Week with George Stephanopoulos notes the passings of photographer Irving Penn, anti-war activist Peg Mullen and restaurateur Ben Ali. In addition, the Pentagon has released the names of 16 soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Army SGT Roberto D Sanchez, 24 of Satellite Beach, FL
Army SGT Aaron M Smith, 25, of Manhattan, KS
Army SPC Brandon A Owens, 21, of Memphis, TN
Army SSG Thomas D Rabjohn, 39, of Litchfield Park, AZ
Army SPC Paul E Andersen, 49, of Dowagiac, MI
Army CPT Benjamin A Sklaver, 32, of Medford, MA
Army PFC Alan H Newton Jr, 26, of Asheboro, NC
Army MAJ Tad T Hervas, 48, of Coon Rapids, MN
Army SGT Justin T Gallegos, 27, of Tucson, AZ
Army SGT Joshua M Hardt, 24, of Applegate, CA
Army SGT Joshua J Kirk, 30, of South Portland, ME
Army SGT Michael P Scusa, 22, of Villas, NJ
Army SPC Christopher T Griffin, 24, of Kincheloe, MI
Army SPC Stephan L Mace, 21, of Lovettsville, VA
Army PFC Kevin C Thomson, 22, of Reno, NV
Army SPC Kevin O Hill, 23, of Brooklyn, NY
This brings the total number of allied servicemembers killed in Iraq to 4,667, in Afghanistan, 1,453. During this same week, Iraq Body Count has listed 63 Iraqi civilian deaths and violence in Afghanistan has contributed to at least 17 Afghani civilian deaths.
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The Neocons are displeased with this offering, next week bring more.
Dirty. Fucking .Bastards. that got us into this mess.
RIP, fellow human beings.
I ain't enamored of the plan to send more cannon fodder to Afghanistan.
History is going to repeat it's self.
Send the families a picture of the Nobel Peace Prize, that will make them feel better.
Where are the names and numbers of the maimed. Let's be sure to send them a picture too.
Man, think about that, 16 people, most of them in their 20's, died for all the wrong reasons. What a tragedy, and it repeats daily, month after month, year after year
Look at the ages of most of these people.
4,667 + 1,453 = 6,120 dead.
Damn it all to hell.
From Orlando Sentinel
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - An Army Ranger died Oct.1 from wounds received during combat operations in Afghanistan while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
Sgt. Roberto Daniel Sanchez, 24, was killed in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during a combat operation involving multiple enemy contacts that killed nine enemy combatants and destroyed a large weapons cache. During the operation Sanchez was mortally wounded by an enemy improvised explosive device.
"Sgt. Sanchez epitomized the spirit and ethos of the Ranger Regiment," said Col. Michael E. Kurilla, commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment. "He is a hero to our Nation, our Army and his family."
"Sgt. Sanchez was the quintessential Ranger, enthusiastic, smart, loyal to his mission, his country and his friends," said Col. Brian Mennes, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Battalion commander. "He led with distinction and would want us to continue supporting the efforts for which he so humbly and selflessly dedicated his life."
After graduating from Satellite Senior High School, Satellite Beach, Fla., Sanchez enlisted in the U.S. Army from his hometown of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., July 2004. He began his Army Ranger career when he was assigned to Company B, 1st Bn., where he served as an automatic rifleman and team leader.
Sanchez was on his fifth deployment in support of the War on Terror with three previous deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan.
He is survived by his parents 1st Sgt. Will and Wendy Holland and brothers Jacob Goldberg and Logan Holland of Hendersonville, Tenn., and maternal grandparents James and Mary Wilson of Ocala, Fla.
When American deaths in Iraq reaches the magic number 5,000 Cheney wins another no-bid government contract for Halliburton!
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