Daily U.S. Casualties 9/10/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 9/10/2004

As of Thursday, 1,005 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 759 died as a result of hostile action and 246 died of nonhostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.

The British military has reported 64 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, 11; Poland, 10; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, six; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Netherlands have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 867 U.S. military members have died -- 650 as a result of hostile action and 217 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


One soldier died Wednesday in a vehicle accident near Baqubah, Iraq.

The latest identifications reported by the military:


Army 1st Lt. Timothy E. Price, 25, Midlothian, Va.; died Tuesday when he came under small arms attack in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to the Army's 127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, V Corps; Hanau, Germany.


Army Spc. Chad H. Drake, 23, Garland, Texas; died Tuesday in Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol vehicle came under attack; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, Texas.


Army Spc. Charles R. Lamb, 23, Casey, Ill.; died Sunday in Baghdad, Iraq, in a mortar attack; assigned to the Army National Guard's 1544th Transportation Company; Paris, Ill.


Army Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison, 26, Champaign, Ill.; died Sunday in Baghdad, Iraq, in a mortar attack; assigned to the Army National Guard's 1544th Transportation Company; Paris, Ill.

[Faramir Jr.]

1. Remember Vietnam

I have two points to make in this thread.

The first is that those 867 that died, god bless them for their service, is less than 1/3 of the casualties of the worst week in Vietnam.

My second is that the reason Vietnam was so unsuccessful is that the U.S. did not throw itself full way as it did in 1941. And, because of this a communist regime was allowed to survive and kill again. So, would it not make sense for us to put all of our support in these brave men and women who do what they can to protect out great country? If not, we might as well give up being a superpower, because, whoever heard of a superpower that can only be defensive?