This Week's In Memoriam
This Week with Christiane Amanpour marks the passings of bicyclist Laurent Fignon, journalist Dorothy Sucher, and political cartoonist Paul Conrad. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of twenty-six service members killed in Afghanistan:
US Navy PO3 James M Swink, 20, Yucca Valley, CA
US Marines MSgt Daniel L Fedder, 34, Pine City, MN
US Army SSG James R Ide, 32, Festus, MO
US Army SPC James C Robinson, 27, Lebanon, OH
US Army SPC Chad D Coleman, 20, Moreland, GA
US Army PVT Adam J Novak, 20, Prairie du Sac, WI
US Army CPT Ellery R Wallace, 33, Salt Lake City, Utah
US Army PFC Bryn T Raver, 20, Harrison, AR
US Marines GySgt Floyd E C Holley, 36, Casselberry, FL
US Army SGT Patrick K Durham, 24, Chattanooga, TN
US Army SPC Andrew J Castro, 20, Westlake Village, CA
US Army CPT Dale A Goetz, 43, White, SD
US Army SSG Jesse Infante, 30, Cypress, TX
US Army SSG Kevin J Kessler, 32, Canton, OH
US Army SSG Matthew J West, 36, Conover, WI
US Army PFC Chad D Clements, 26, Huntington, IN
US Marines Sgt Joseph A Bovia, 24, Kenner, LA
US Marines LCpl Cody A Roberts, 22, Boise, ID
US Marines LCpl Christopher B Rodgers, 20, Griffin, GA
US Army 1LT Mark A Noziska, 24, Papillion, NE
US Army SSG Casey J Grochowiak, 34, Lompoc, CA
US Marines LCpl Joshua T Twigg, 21, Indiana, PA
US Army SSG Vinson B Adkinson III, 26, Harper, KS
US Army SGT Raymond C Alcaraz, 20, Redlands, CA
US Army PFC Matthew E George, 22, Gransboro, NC
US Army PFC James A Page, 23, Titusville, FL
According to iCasualties, this brings the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq to 4,734; in Afghanistan, 2,066, of whom, 152 were Canadian. And though official combat was declared over in Iraq, Iraq Body Count still lists 44 Iraqi civilians killed during this same period, 501 total for the month of August.
Sweet jebus, so many this week.
You know what President Obama, I'll take my chances with the terrorists. Let's go, now.
In remembrance of Corporal Brian Pinksen, 21, 2nd Battalion Royal Newfoundland Regiment, who died August 30 from injuries sustained in an IED blast in Afghanistan on August 22.
To the grieving families left behind to mourn, my condolences to you. I am sorry for your loss.
RIP to all and God bless to the families of all who lost loved ones.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
to make the list so long.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
Just stop it.
rip to a very funny man
I hadn't heard. I'm assuming that it was the cancer he's been fighting for years. He was a solid stand-up comedian for a long time. I'll miss him. :(
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
RIP.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Wow. six of those twenty-six people are over 30. They're usually much younger for some reason.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
US Army SSG Casey J Grochowiak, 34, was originally named by the DOD as from Lompoc, CA; turns out he was born and raised in San Diego. RIP
correction for Casey J Grochowiak
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