Names of the Dead

[conjur]

Nine Killed in U.S. Afghan Helicopter Crash
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8102562

KABUL (Reuters) - Nine people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when a military helicopter crashed during severe weather, the U.S. military said.

 

[b0mbrman]

I'll be unable unable to keep up with this through the month of September as I'll be on a training exercise, preparing for my own deployment. If anyone wants to pick up the slack, I'd be very appreciative.

See you all in October

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: conjur
Nine Killed in U.S. Afghan Helicopter Crash
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8102562

KABUL (Reuters) - Nine people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when a military helicopter crashed during severe weather, the U.S. military said.

My neighbor may have been on that Copter

He had just left for Afghan Monday. Military people pulled up and they all left.

 

[Engineer]

Pvt. Robert Costall

22
1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Killed along with a U.S. soldier when Taliban insurgents attacked a forward operating base with mortars, rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire in northern Helmand Province in Afghanistan on March 28, 2006

Sgt. 1st Class John T. Stone

52
15th Civil Support Team, Vermont Army National Guard
Norwich, Vermont
Killed along with a Canadian soldier when Taliban insurgents attacked a forward operating base with mortars, rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire in northern Helmand Province in Afghanistan on March 28, 2006

Lance Cpl. Peter Edward Craddock

Age not available
Support Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
Hometown of record not available
Died in a traffic accident in Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2006

 

[Kibbo]

 

[b0mbrman]

Here's to all who have fallen on this Veteran's Day.

Originally posted by: Engineer
Infinite supply of

's...

Thanks b0mbrman for your work posting. It's appreciated...as is the service of our men and women in the armed services.

RIP!

Glad to do it....²

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Four coming. Stand by for details - Link

Afghan land mine kills U.S. troops

A land mine exploded under a U.S. vehicle south of Kabul, killing four soldiers in the deadliest incident for American troops in Afghanistan in almost 10 months, the military said.

They were from the same camp as the boyfriend of a good friend of mine. She's sweating bullets until he comes home in Aug.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Piper

43
1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Died on June 16, 2005, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds sustained on June 3 when a roadside bomb detonated near his Ground Mobility Vehicle in Orgun-e, Afghanistan

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Spc. Anthony S. Cometa

21
1864th Transportation Company, 106th Transportation Battalion, Nevada Army National Guard
Las Vegas, Nevada
Died when his Humvee rolled over in Safwan, Kuwait, on June 16, 2005

 

[TallBill]

Wow, very eerie to see names of buildings, roads, and camps that I've frequented all in a list of Dead, alongside one soldier from my company. If you cant figure it out, having things named after you over here in Afghanistan is not a good thing at all.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Maj. Duane W. Dively

43
1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing
Rancho California, California
Died when his U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft crashed while returning to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates after completing a mission over Afghanistan on June 22, 2005

 

[bdude]

I would just like to add a link.

It is in no way political, merely observational.

Link

It follows the Iraqi War casualties from the beginning to present day. A sobering visual and auditory flash.

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: Gen Stonewall

Originally posted by: Klixxer

Originally posted by: Gen Stonewall
Sharing the way in which these people died makes this thread particularly tragic.

I'll be glad for the day when war ceases forever.

BS, you will be glad the day when Christianity rules all, nothing more, nothing less.

It is BECAUSE of people like you i am here, the fundamentalists who have no tolerance.

I might be in a bad place, but i will always be in a better place than you.

This only suggests that leftists' generalization of "evangelical" Christians is a movement of bigotry and falsehood. I was absolutely truthful in what I said, and I think you would be very prudent not to claim that you can read my mind better than I can.

Once again:

to all those killed in Afghanistan.

Klixxer, you've grossly misread me and leveled a gratuitous insult against me; however, I wish your safe return.

No i did not, this is not the tread for this discussion and i apologize to b0mberman and others for using this thread for this crap.

I am packing my bags, i am going home tomorrow.

Others will stay here, keep the support for them, trust me, it is greatly needed.

For some, who will never return, i leave part of my soul on this ground, i hope you are all well, wherever you are.

 

[Engineer]

1st Lt. Forrest P. Ewens

25
1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Washington
One of two soldiers killed when their all-terrain vehicle struck a roadside bomb during combat operations in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan, on June 16, 2006

Sgt. Ian T. Sanchez

26
1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Staten Island, New York
One of two soldiers killed when their all-terrain vehicle struck a roadside bomb during combat operations in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan, on June 16, 2006

Capt. Patrick D. Damon

41
240th Engineer Group, Maine Army National Guard
Falmouth, Maine
Died from a non-combat related cause in Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 15, 2006

 

[Klixxer]

Originally posted by: Gen Stonewall
Sharing the way in which these people died makes this thread particularly tragic.

I'll be glad for the day when war ceases forever.

BS, you will be glad the day when Christianity rules all, nothing more, nothing less.

It is BECAUSE of people like you i am here, the fundamentalists who have no tolerance.

I might be in a bad place, but i will always be in a better place than you.

 

[AnandTech Moderator]

This thread is for remembrance and sincere condolences ONLY! Everyone on all sides, please take your petty partisan bickering and your unwanted side comments elsehwere, NOW! This is a sacred graveyard of our combat fallen, and will be treated by all who post here with duly comensurate repect and decorum, or else.

The next poster to disregard this and go off topic will be posting elsewhere for the next month, no exception.

 

[conjur]

Update on that crash:

U.S. Copter Crash Kills 16 in Afghanistan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4918045,00.html

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. military helicopter returning from a mission smashed into the southern Afghan desert Wednesday, killing at least 16 people in the deadliest military crash since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. An Afghan official said most of the dead appeared to be Americans.

The CH-47 Chinook was returning to the U.S. base at Bagram from a mission in the militant-plagued south when it went down near Ghazni city, 80 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul.

``Indications are it was bad weather and that there were no survivors,'' said a U.S. spokeswoman, Lt. Cindy Moore. An Afghan official said there were no signs the craft was shot down.

A U.S. military statement said 16 deaths had been confirmed and two other people listed on the flight manifest were ``unaccounted for'' when the recovery operation was suspended at nightfall.

U.S. officials said the four crew members killed were Americans, but declined to give the nationalities of the passengers. The names of the victims were being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Moore said the transport helicopter was returning from a ``routine mission'' when controllers lost radio contact. A second Chinook made it safely back to the sprawling base north of Kabul.

Associated Press Television News footage showed dozens of Afghan security forces and officials scurrying round burning wreckage. Strong winds that had whipped thick dust into the darkened sky fanned the flames.

Abdul Rahman Sarjang, the chief of police in Ghazni, said the helicopter crached about 2:30 p.m. near a brick factory 3 miles outside the city and burst into flames. U.S. troops rushed to cordon off the area, he said.

Sarjang said he saw nine bodies. ``They were all wearing American uniforms and they were all dead,'' he told The Associated Press by cell phone from the crash site.

Sarjang said that the weather was cloudy with strong winds and that witnesses reported one of the helicopter's two rotors looked damaged before it hit the ground. He said he saw no sign of enemy fire, and militants issued no immediate claim of responsibility

 

[Sassy]

 

[Engineer]

Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Nass

21
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Franklin, Wis
Killed Sept. 3 from a non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Blessing, Afghanistan.


Army 1st Lt. Derek S. Hines

25
319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment
Newburyport, Mass
Killed Sept. 1, when his unit was conducting security operations and came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire in Baylough, Afghanistan

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Sgt. Robert G. Davis

23
864th Engineer Combat Battalion, 555th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
Jackson, Missouri
One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated underneath their Humvee during ground assault convoy operations in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2005

1st Lt. Laura M. Walker

24
864th Engineer Combat Battalion, 555th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
Texas
One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated underneath their Humvee during ground assault convoy operations in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2005

 

[DarkKnight69]

I place this on behalf of the fallen canadian soldiers in Afghanistan!

Sgt M. Léger, 3 PPCLI, Afghanistan, 17 Apr 2002

Cpl A. Dyer, 3 PPCLI, Afghanistan, 17 Apr 2002

Pte R. Green, 3 PPCLI, Afghanistan, 17 Apr 2002

Pte N. Smith, 3 PPCLI, Afghanistan, 17 Apr 2002

Cpl R.C. Beerenfenger, 3 RCR, ISAF, 02 Oct 2003

Sgt R.A. Short, 3 RCR, ISAF, 02 Oct 2003

Cpl J. B. Murphy, 3 RCR, ISAF, 26 Jan 2004

More lives will be lost.

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them"

God Bless all troops serving for our protection, You make the sacrifice so we dont have to. You are truly heroes

 

[Engineer]

Marine Lance Cpl. Steven A. Valdez

20
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
McRea, Ark.
Killed Sept. 26 by enemy mortar fire at Camp Blessing, Afghanistan.

 

[apairoflegsanyone]

Sgt. Michael A. Marzano

Michael Marzano, 28, who attended Glendale Community College in Ariz., was killed in action by an explosion caused by vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations in Hadithah, Iraq. Marzano, a Marine reservist, was to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. His company is based in Phoenix, Ariz. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Marzano's unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

I also knew him so this makes it harder for me.

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Lance Cpl. Phillip C. George

22
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force
Houston, Texas
Killed by enemy small-arms fire during combat operations near Taleban, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2005

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Spc. Blake W. Hall

20
2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
East Prairie, Missouri
One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during patrol operations near Baylough, Afghanistan, on August 21, 2005

1st Lt. Joshua M. Hyland

31 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Missoula, Montana One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during patrol operations near Baylough, Afghanistan, on August 21, 2005

Sgt. Michael R. Lehmiller

23
2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Anderson, South Carolina
One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during patrol operations near Baylough, Afghanistan, on August 21, 2005

Pvt. Christopher L. Palmer

22
2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade
Sacramento, California
One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during patrol operations near Baylough, Afghanistan, on August 21, 2005