The List – Third Quarter

The List – Third Quarter – June 2009

June 16th, 2009 |

Author: Labrys

The lists go on….as I am rechecking and updating my own, going all the way back to 2001, I find myself immersed in mental images of war and all the ways men and women die. My sympathies, more than ever, to the loved ones these beautiful men and women left behind!

I look at the pictures of the fallen, and for myself at least, take no comfort whatsoever in the idea of an afterlife—all I see is the beauty of these people taken from the world I live in here. And I mourn as I collect the names to share with you:

U.S. Marine LCpl Joshua R. Whittle, 20, from Downey, Calif. died in Afghanistan during combat operations.

U.S. Army Maj. Rocco M. Barnes, 50 of Los Angeles, Calif died in Afghanistan in a vehicle rollover.

U.S. Army Spc. Eduardo S. Silva, 25, of Greenfield, Calif., died June 9 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of a non-combat related incident.

US Army Staff Sgt. Edmond L. Lo, 23, of Salem, N.H., died in Iraq, when an improvised explosive device that his explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was acting to neutralize detonated.

Pvt Alexander Peloquin, 20, of Canada died by hostile fire in Iraq.

Pvt Robert McLaren, 20, of the UK, died by hostile fire in Afghanistan.

First Sgt Allain Tikko,30, of Estonia, died by hostile fire in Afghanistan.

Lt. Paul Mervis, 27, of the UK, died by hostile fire & IED in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Martin Dube, 35, of Canada, died by hostile fire in Afghanistan.