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The Pentagon released the names of eleven service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
US Army SSG Esau S A Gonzales, 30, White Deer, TX
US Marines LCpl Joshua M Davis, 19, Perry, IA
US Marines LCpl Christopher Rangel, 22, San Antonio, TX
US Army CPT Kyle A Comfort, 27, Jacksonville, AL
US Marines Cpl Kurt S Shea, 21, Frederick, MD
US Army SPC Jeremy L Brown, 20, McMinnville, TN
US Marines Cpl Jeffery W Johnson, 21, Tomball, TX
US Marines Sgt Kenneth B May, Jr, 26, Kilgore, TX
US Marines Sgt Donald J Lamar II, 23, Fredericksburg, VA
US Marines Sgt Joshua D Desforges, 23, Ludlow, MA
US Army SPC Denis D Kisseloff, 45, Saint Charles, MO
According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is 4,715; in Afghanistan, 1,764. During this period, Iraq Body Count lists 40 Iraqi civilian deaths. Al Jazeera reports between 9 and 15 Afghan civilians were killed in a NATO attack this week, spurring a protest that resulted in one protester being shot by police. In our undeclared war in Pakistan, drone strikes reportedly killed 15 militants.

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11
No more laughter’s rise
50,735
Days snuffed out
277
Years to smothered sky
1,764
Shattered of breath evermore
4,715
Wrapped in flags
40, 9, 15
Fixed in death's gleam

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© 2010 by mark prime


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