Peace

I Got the News Today (4/19/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the names of two soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3311 and there are four more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released.

"He was so happy," Kallmeyer said. "I asked him what he was going to do. He said he was joining the Army. He seemed really excited. He wanted to drive a tanker."

Northrop grad dies serving in Iraq

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I Got the News Today (4/13/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of one soldier killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3288 and there are eight more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released.

We do,
Deedley do, doodley do, doodley do,
What we must,
Muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do,
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust,
Bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.

Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons by Kurt Vonnegut

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I Got the News Today (4/5/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the names of five soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3259 and there are six more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released.

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DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Golczynski, 30, of Lewisburg, Tenn., died March 27 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq.  Golczynski was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Nashville, Tenn.

Marcus A. Golczynski

I Got the News Today (3/29/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the names of two soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3244.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

Spc. Sean K. McDonald, 21, of Rosemount, Minn., died Mar 25 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.  McDonald was assigned to the 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Wiesbaden, Germany.

DoD News Release

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I Got the News Today (3/23/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of three soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3230 and there are four more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released. More after the flip.

I Got the News Today (3/22/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the names of four soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3225 and there are three more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

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

Lt. Col. Peter E. Winston, 56, of Plant City, Fla., died Nov. 13, 2006, in Kaiserslautern, Germany, from a non-combat related incident while in Iraq. He was assigned to the 143rd Sustainment Command, Orlando, Fla.

The incident is under investigation.

DoD News Release

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I Got the News Today (3/16/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of one soldier killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3195 and there are twelve more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released.

Rosa leaves behind his wife, Elise Rosa. She says her husband joined the military so his family could have a better life.

Friends, Family Remember Fallen Maine Marine

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I Got the News Today (3/15/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of one soldier killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3194 and there are seven more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released.

Please read yesterday's diary Sorrow Sisters by silvercedes.

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I Got the News Today (3/9/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the names of six soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3185 and there are four more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 371 deceased for Operation Enduring Freedom.

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I Got the News Today (3/8/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of seven soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3179 and there are nine more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 371 deceased for Operation Enduring Freedom.

Ooo. You make me live

Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooo, you make me live now honey

Ooo, you make me live
You're the best friend
that I ever had

I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know

That my feelings are true
I really love you
You're my best friend.

You're My Best Friend

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I Got the News Today (February 2007 in Review).  I Got the News Today has been bringing the news from the official DoD death announcements since April 2004.

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

American Pie

We started February with 3075 announced dead in Operation Iraqi Freedom and closed the month with 3158.
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I Got the News Today (3/2/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of three soldiers killed in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3160 and there are six more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 371 deceased for Operation Enduring Freedom.

"He said, 'If anything happens to me, I want to make sure my kids know who I am,' " Jim Beardsley said. "He was afraid that if something happened to him, the kids being as small as they are, they wouldn't understand why he was gone. ... They'd think he was just gone. That was his fear."

Minnesota Marine killed in Iraq
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I Got the News Today (3/1/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of two soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3158 and there are four more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released for Operation Iraqi Freedom and 371 deceased for Operation Enduring Freedom.

Please read silvercedes's diary from yesterday (the previous diary in this series) if you have not yet.

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I Got the News Today (2/23/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of seven deceased soldiers.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3149 and there are two more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin and in Operation Enduring Freedom there are 370 deceased: Operation Enduring Freedom.

The Army casualty assistance officer came to the father's doorstep about 11 p.m. Wednesday.

"I'm really ..." he began. "I'm at a loss. My mind's been racing back and forth to, you know, little blurbs from childhood and just different highlights that come to mind. Nothing that would mean a whole lot to anyone else."

"He was," Jack said, his voice quavering at the anger and the pain of it, "the most pure and nicest person that I have ever met."

Soldier, formerly of Jupiter, dies in Afghanistan

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I Got the News Today (2/22/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of six soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3143 and there are seven more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 368 Operation Enduring Freedom.

"Half my heart is in Iraq," Central Michigan University student Trisha Kokx wrote on her Web site as she counted the days until her high school sweetheart returned from duty. "Everything I ever wanted in life I now will never have," Kokx wrote Tuesday.

Well-liked Marine reservist remembered in Shelby

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I Got the News Today (2/20/2007 Edition). Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the name of an airman killed in Afghanistan.  According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count the number of names released by the DoD is now 3132 and there are twelve more names of the deceased awaiting notification of the next of kin before being publicly released in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 367 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

"It’s kind of hard to believe because you’d just talked to him the day before," said his mother, Rose Duffman.

He had been in Afghanistan for five days when he died Sunday, his mother said.

Duffman was married, and he and his wife have a 5-month-old daughter.

"She was the light of his life," said Rose Duffman, who has lived in Washington, D.C., since 2004.

Pope airman among dead in Afghanistan crash

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