Crooks and Liars

Sunday November 1, 2009 05:00 pm

This Week: In Memoriam

By Nicole Belle

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From This Week with George Stephanopoulos, the Pentagon released the names this week of 25 servicemembers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Army SPC Eric N Lembke, 25, of Tampa, FL

Army PFC Kimble A Han, 30, of Lehi, UT

Marine Cpl Gregory MW Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, AK

Marine Capt Eric A Jones, 29, of Westchester, NY

Marine Capt David S Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, OH

Marine Capt Kyle R Van De Giesen, 29, of North Attleboro, MA

Army SGT Eduviges G Wolf, 24, of Hawthorne, CA

Army PFC Devin J Michel, 19, of Stockton, IL

Army SPC Brandon K Steffey, 23, of Sault Sainte Marie, MI

Marine LCpl Cody R Stanley, 21, of Rosanky, TX

Army SSG Luis M Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, NY

Army SGT Fernando Delarosa, 24, of Alamo, TX

Army SGT Dale R Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, IN

Army SGT Issac B Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, MO

Army SGT Patrick O Williamson, 24, of Broussard, LA

Army SPC Jared D Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, IL

Army PFC Christopher I Walz, 25, of Vancouver, WA

Army CWO Michael P Montgomery, 36, of Savannah, GA

Army CWO Niall Lyons, 40, of Spokane, WA

Army SSG Shawn H McNabb, 24, of Terrell, TX

Army SGT Josue E Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Reno, NV

Army SGT Nikolas A Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, WI

Army SFC David E Metzger, 32, of San Diego, CA

Army SSG Keith R Bishop, 28, of Medford, NY

Army SCP Robert K Charlton, 22, of Malden, MO

In addition, 3 agents from the DEA and an American UN security guard were killed in Afghanistan.

This week's casualties bring the total number of allied servicemembers killed in Iraq to 4,673; in Afghanistan, 1,502. During the same period, Iraq Body Count lists 69 Iraqi civilians killed. This has been the deadliest month for US forces in Afghanistan since the beginning of the invasion.