The List - First Quarter - July 2008

These are the names released by the DOD since New Moon earlier this month, also, the name of one Canadian I found in a newspaper. My sympathy, as always, to the friends and families.

Spc. Estell L. Turner, 43, of Sioux Falls, S.D., Army - Afghanistan (died of injuries suffered in June, while being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center)

1st Lt. Daniel Farkas, 42, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Army- Aghanistan - non-hostile cause

also—
Cpt. Brendan Downey of Canada died in Afghanistan

Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Woodham, 37, of Rogers, Ark., Army- Iraq - non-combat accident

 

I will take the relatively quiet time with relief and crossing fingers for the low death rate to continue.  Lt. Farkas was a New York City Policeman, with 20 years of service in the city.  And SFC Woodham leaves an eight year old son behind at home.  Autonomic nervous systems are what keeps broken hearts from stuttering and failing from sheer sorrow.  Words cannot encapsulate the bitterness of such continued loss.

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