[media id=17190] (h/t David at VideoCafe) This Week marks the passings of radio producer/director Himan Brown, former Kennedy/Johnson Assistant AG
June 13, 2010

(h/t David at VideoCafe)

This Week marks the passings of radio producer/director Himan Brown, former Kennedy/Johnson Assistant AG and civil rights advocate John W Douglas, prima ballerina Marina Semyonova. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of seventeen service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

US Army 1LT Joseph J Theinert, 24, Sag Harbor, NY
US Marines, Sgt Brandon C Bury, 26, Kingwood, TX
US Marines LCpl Derek Hernandez, 20, Edinburg, TX
US Marines Cpl Donald M Marler, 22, St Louis, MO
US Army 2LT Michael E McGahan, 23, Orlando, FL
US Marines Sgt John K Rankel, 23, Speedway, IN
US Army SPC Brendan P Neenan, 21, Enterprise, AL
US Army SGT Steve M Theobald, 53, Goose Creek, SC
US Marines Sgt Derek L Shanfield, 22, Hastings, PA
US Marines SGT Zachary J Walters, 24, Palm Coast, FL
US Army SGT Erick J Klusacek, 22, Calcium, NY
US Air Force SSgt Michael P Flores, 31, San Antonio, TX
US Air Force 1st Lt Joel C Gentz, 25, Grass Lake, MI
US Air Force SSgt David C Smith, 26, Eight Mile, AL
US Air Force SrA Benjamin D White, 24, Erwin, TN
US Marines LCpl Michael G Plank, 25, Cameron Mills, NY
US Marines LCpl Gavin R Brummund, 22, Arnold, CA

According to iCasualites, this brings the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq to 4,723; in Afghanistan, 1,825, 147 are from Canadian forces. During this same period, Iraq Body Count lists 46 Iraqi civilians killed.

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