This Week with Christiane Amanpour marks the passings of baseball player Ron Santo, former congressman Stephen J. Solarz, actor Leslie Nielsen and neutron bomb developer Sam Cohen. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of eleven service members killed in Afghanistan.
US Army PVT Devon J Harris, 24, Mesquite, TX
US Army 1LT Scott F Milley, 23, Sudbury, MA
US Air Force Lt Col Gwendolyn A Locht, 46, Fort Walton Beach, FL
US Army SFC Barry E Jarvis, 36, Tell City, IN
US Army SSG Curtis A Oakes, 29, Athens, OH
US Army SPC Matthew W Ramsey, 20, Quartz Hill, CA
US Army PFC Jacob A Gassen, 21, Beaver Dam, WI
US Army PFC Austin G Staggs, 19, Senoia, GA
US Army PFC Buddy W McLain, 24, Mexico, ME
US Marines Cpl Chad S Wade, 22, Bentonville, AR
US Marines Sgt Matthew T Abbate, 26, Honolulu, HI
According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is 4,747; in Afghanistan, 2,247, of which, 153 are Canadian. During this same period, 59 Iraqi civilian casualties were identified. For the entire month of November, 298 Iraqi civilians were killed.
