This Week with Christiane Amanpour notes the passings of football Hall of Famer and actor Bubba Smithand actress Annette Cardona. In addition, the Pentagon has yet to release the names of the 31 service members (including members of the
August 7, 2011

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This Week with Christiane Amanpour notes the passings of football Hall of Famer and actor Bubba Smith and actress Annette Cardona. In addition, the Pentagon has yet to release the names of the 31 service members (including members of the Special Ops unit that killed Bin Laden) killed in the single worst attack in Afghanistan on Saturday, but they have released the names of seventeen service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US Army 2LT Jered W Ewy, 33, Edmond, OK
US Army SPC Augustus J Vicari, 22, Broken Arrow, OK
US Army SGT William B GrossPaniagua, 28, Daly City, CA
US Army PFC Brice M Scott, 22, Columbus, GA
US Marines SSG Leon H Lucas Jr, 32, Wilson, NC
US Marines Sgt Patrick R Dolphin, 29, Moscow, PA
US Marines Sgt Dennis E Kancler, 26, Brecksville, OH
US Marines Sgt Christopher M Wrinkle, 29, Dallastown, PA
US Army SSG Kirk A Owen, 37, Sapulpa, OK
US Army SPC Barun Rai, 24, Silver Spring, MD
US Army PFC Cody G Baker, 19, Holton, KS
US Army PFC Gil I Morales Del Valle, 21, Jacksonville, FL
US Army CPT Waid C Ramsey, 41, Red Bay, AL
US Army SGT Anthony Del Mar Peterson, 24, Chelsea, OK
US Army SPC Jinsu Lee, 34, Chatsworth, CA
US Marines Sgt Daniel D Gurr, 21, Vernal, UT
US Army SPC Mark J Downer, 23, Warner Robins, GA

Per iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is now 4,792; in Afghanistan, 2,660, of which 157 are Canadian. During this same period, Iraq Body Count lists 65 Iraqi civilian casualties.

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