So fast a week has flown…and the names never seem to stop coming:

U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan C. O’Neill, 22, of Zephyrhills, Fla., died June 15 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered  in  Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

U.S. Army Capt. Kafele H. Sims, 32, of Los Angeles, died June 16 in Mosul, Iraq, of a non-combat related incident.  He was assigned to the 18th Engineer Brigade, Schwetzingen, Germany.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Kevin A. Dupont, 52, of Templeton, Mass., died June 17 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered March 8 in Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua W. Soto, 25, of San Angelo, Texas, died  in Iraq of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

U.S. Army Spc. Chancellor A. Keesling, 25, of Indianapolis, Ind., died June 19 in Baghdad, Iraq of a non-combat related incident.

U.S. Army (Nat’l Guardsmen)Sgt. Paul G. Smith, 43, of Peoria, IL.   and

Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Melton, 26, of Carlyle, IL.  died in Aghanistan as a

result of an IED detonation.

U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Jeffrey J. Garber, 43, of Hemingford, Neb. died of non-hostile causes June 20 aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the North Arabian Sea.

Maj Sean Birchall , 33, of the United Kingdom, died in Afghanistan as a result of an IED detonation.

The following U.S. Army men were killed in Afghanistan when their unit came under indirect fire.

Sgt. Ricky D. Jones, 26, of Plantersville, Ala.

Spc. Rodrigo A. Munguia Rivas, 27, of Germantown, Md.

And with this post, the number of dead for Iraq and Afghanistan goes over 5,800 dead….so this is the latest prayer/counting strand on the central stone:

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