DOD: 4th Soldier Dies From Attack In Khalidiyah

[Flagg]

DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.



Staff Sgt. Sean G. Landrus, 31, of Thompson, Ohio, died on Jan. 29 at the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq.



He died as a result of injuries sustained on Jan. 27th when a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Khalidiyah, Iraq.



Landrus was assigned to Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Riley, Kan.



The incident is still under investigation.


http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040130-0285.html

[Lars39]

1. Isn't this only the second soldier reported

to have died later of injuries? I seem to only remember one other soldier officially listed as dying of injuries.

[saigon68]

9. "BRING EM ON", shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

And "Bring It On", the Resistance did!!!! :-(

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. And logic dictates that there are far more deaths from wounds...

...than the NeoCons are alowing us to know.

[Lars39]

11. I think the true total is much higher, too.

If only there were some way to confirm the actual total deaths, counting those who later died of their injuries.

Maybe an ad campaign, asking those who have had loved ones die, or doctors or nurses or morgue attendents to contact an organization, would help us find out the truth.

[pippin]

2. Look into their faces . . .

some no more than children--still with baby faces, others like Captain Kimberly Hampton who died on January 2, once radiant, now her life snuffed out. Heart breaking, heart breaking . . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/casualties/facesofthefallen.htm

523 just in the month of January, 2004.

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

[markses]

3. Uh, no

You say

"523 just in the month of January, 2004."

There were 46 killed in the month of January, 2004 (that's counting the 2 missing soldiers that the DOD hasn't declared yet - they only declared 1 of the missing).

523 is for the whole war, total.

[jsw_81]

4. Disgusting

That's four dead American soldiers today.

[markses]

5. The last 10 days in Iraq

22-Jan: 2
2 - 4th ID killed in mortar attack, Baquba base camp.

23-Jan: 2
2 Killed in Kiowa helicopter crash, Qayyarah.

24-Jan: 5
2 - killed in IED attack, Fallujah; 3 - killed in car bomb attack in Khaldiyah (Kaldiyah bridge checkpoint)

25-Jan: 4
1 - 4th ID, killed in RPG attack on Bradley vehicle, Baiji (north of Tikrit); 2 - 101st Airborne, killed in Kiowa helicopter crash into Tigris river while on a search and rescue mission outside Mosul; 1 - 101st Airborne killed when gunboat capsizes, Tigris River near Mosul

26-Jan

27-Jan: 7
4 - 82nd Airborne, killed in IED attacks, Kaldiyah; 3 - killed in IED attack, Iskandiriyah

28-Jan

29-Jan

30-Jan

31-Jan: 3
3 - 4th ID, killed in convoy attack, southwest of Kirkuk

Total: 23 US KIA's

(add 7 from arms dump explosion in Afghanistan, and you have 30 dead for the last 10 days).

[Mr. Brown of MD]

6. I think there's at least one unannounced fatality of yet

On Lunaville, there was an article posted yesterday.

http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/013004/sta_0130040041.shtml

It talks about the three soldiers that were initially killed in that IED attack on the 27th, and also says this:

Vanover said a fourth soldier was killed in the same attack and a fifth died in an unrelated incident. She said their names won't be released until families have been notified.

That fourth soldier is this announcement right here, but what about the fifth in an "unrelated incident"? Since Tuesday there have only been three reported attacks with fatalities, and all of those initially had three fatalities reported. Two on the 27th and one today.

Chances of the two missing soldiers being found alive are very small. I fear that this month will see two more added to the count of the dead, once they are finally found. Which makes it the month with the second-highest casualty count in the post-war phase, after November.

Bless all of the men and women unfortunate enough to be over there, and bless their families. I hope that they all come home safe.

But don't worry, things are getting better. Because that's what our fearless leader says. Right?

-CollegeDude
Not a believer

[Mr. Brown of MD]

7. And I think this is it

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040131-0286.html

He was assigned to Fort Riley, and passed away on Jan. 29, the date of that release.

Another future snuffed out... and for what? Bush sure isn't telling. Probably because nobody will be happy with the answer.

-CollegeDude
So the Rove spin machine goes to work

[caledesi]

8. This is so sad. Every day our troops are dying in that

"shooting gallery" they call Iraq. And these thugs won't even honor dead soldiers...only ones that survive this mess. Disgusting.