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24 November 2004

1,272 US Military Dead During Iraq War: http://cryptome.org/mil-dead-iqw.htm

See also DoD tally: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

DoD News Briefing
Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; and General Richard Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 2:30 p.m. EST

            SEC. RUMSFELD: As our country prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving, we will take time to remember the truly outstanding men and women in uniform who continue to bring the hope of freedom to millions around the world.  We thank them.  We thank their families and their loved ones.  And we will particularly remember the families and loved ones of those who have given their lives in service to our country and those in hospitals, whether in Germany or here in the Washington area or elsewhere around our country, who are recovering from their wounds.  They will all be in our thoughts and prayers.

            GEN. MYERS:  Let me just add on to what the secretary just said.  I want to express the condolences of all the joint chiefs of staff to those who have been killed or wounded, to their families, their loved ones, their friends, over this entire global war on terrorism.  As the secretary said, they're doing what they do so we can live in this country, our friends and allies can live in peace and freedom.  So we owe them a real debt of gratitude, and we will remember them, especially as this holiday season progresses.

Associated Press photos.

Deanna Shields, center, is escorted from Little Friendship Baptist Church during a funeral service for her husband Army Sgt. Jonathan Shields, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004 in Decatur, Ga. Sgt. Shields, 25, of Atlanta, was killed in Iraq on Nov. 12, 2004, while deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)	Clergy members pass by the body of U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Shields at Little Friendship Baptist Church during a funeral service Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, in Decatur, Ga. Shields a 25 year-old Atlanta native was killed in Iraq Nov. 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)
U.S. Army casualty assistance officer Sgt. First Class Tyree Cobb, rear, holds the flag for the family of Spc. Daniel McConnell during burial services Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, at Union Cemetery in Hermantown, Minn. McConnell, 27, of Duluth, Minn., died Tuesday in Iraq, the Department of Defense said. (AP Photo/Duluth News Tribune, Clint Austin)	Army Spc. David L. Roustum, shown in this 2000 photo, died in an ambush Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, in Baghdad. He was a member of the 108th Infantry Regiment. Roustum, who followed his older brother, Dan, into the military, had been months away from finishing an accounting degree at the University at Buffalo when he was sent to Iraq in March. (AP Photo/Buffalo News, Sharon Cantillon)
Marine pallbearers carry the flag-draped coffin of their fallen comrade, Marine Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin, 26, to a hearse at Mt. Zion Baptist Chursh following funeral services Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, in Paducah, Ky. Heflin died Nov. 16, 2004, as result of action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division based in Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Stephen Lance Dennee)	Marines carry the body of their comrade Marine Sgt. Christopher Heflin to his grave site as family members follow behind during services at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens near Paducah, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004. Heflin, 26, of Paducah, who was assigned to the 1st Marine Division based in Pendleton, Calif., died Nov. 16, in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Stephen Lance Dennee)
This undated photo released by the family shows Marine Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown, of Martinsville, Va. Brown, 22, another Marine and an Army sergeant, all from Virginia, died as the result of enemy action on Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, in Iraq, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Family via Martinsville Bulletin)	Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Welke is pictured in this summer of 2003 photo from basic training released by his family. Welke, 20, of Rapid City, S.D., died at a hospital in Germany on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, one day after being wounded while fighting in Iraq. (AP Photo)
Marine Sgt. Ragael Peralta is shown in an undated photo provided by his family. Peralta died on Nov. 15, 2004, on the way to a field hospital in the Anbar province of Iraq after being shot in the chest and wounded in the head from bomb shrapnel. (AP Photo/Family Photo via San Diego Union-Tribune)	Barbara Dempsey, mother of Marine Cpl. Kevin Dempsey, watches as the casket containing the body her son is brought into the Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home in Greenwich, Conn., Monday afternoon, Nov. 22, 2004. Dempsey, 23, died Nov. 13, in Iraq. (AP Photo/Connecticut Post, Johnathon Henninger)
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Anderson's brother Jackson Anderson, 10, left, holds a folded American flag as his stepmother, Lisa Anderson, center, hugs Amanda Barnicoat, Nicholas Anderson's fiancee, Monday, Nov. 22, 2004, at the funeral for Nicholas Anderson in Ventura, Calif. Anderson, 19, of Las Vegas, died Nov. 12, in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ventura County Star, Matt McClain)	The casket of Lance Cpl. Nicholas H. Anderson is led out of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Monday, Nov. 22, 2004, in Ventura, Calif. Anderson, 19, of Las Vegas, died Nov. 12, in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ventura County Star, Matt McClain)
Former Green Bay Packers player Mike Hunt closes his eyes as he touches his son's casket during a visitation inside Saints Edward and Isidore Church in Suamico, Wis., on Monday Nov. 22, 2004. Hunt is being comforted by his son Jonah Hunt, 14. Pfc. Isaiah Hunt, 20, a member of the 782nd Main Support Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division, was killed in Iraq on Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Evan Siegle)	Jonah Hunt, 14, touches his brother's casket during a visitation inside Saints Edward and Isidore Church in Suamico, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 22, 2004. Pfc. Isaiah Hunt, 20, of Suamico, a member of the 782nd Main Support Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division, was killed in Iraq on Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Evan Siegle)
Marine Cpl. Bradley Thomas Arms is shown in this photo, date and location unknown. Arms, a member of the Marine Reserves, died as the result of enemy action on Friday in the Al Anbar Province, in Iraq, which includes Fallujah, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress)	This undated photo released in New York by the United States Marine Corps, Monday, Nov. 22, 2004 shows Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel, 29, of New York, NY. Gavriel, a Brown Graduate and Wall Street broker joined the Marines when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He was killed in action Friday, Nov. 19, 2004 in Iraqs Anbar province. (AP Photo/HO, United States Marine Corps.)
Andy Ethridge kneels beside the casket of Lance Cpl. Brian Medina at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday Nov. 22, 2004. Ethridge was shot trying to save Medina, as members of their unit,1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, were ambushed on Nov. 12, 2004 while conducting house-to-house searches in Fallaujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/The Potomac News, Cindy Davis Walker)	This undated photo released by the family shows Marine 2nd Lt. James P. Blecksmith of San Marino in Los Angeles (Calif.) County. Blecksmith, 24, died Nov. 11, 2004, in Iraq's volatile al-Anbar province as a result of enemy action, military officials said. (AP Photo/Family via San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
Lance Cpl. Bryan Bodrog, 20, of San Jose, Calif., holds back tears when speaking, about his concern and loyalty for fellow soldiers still fighting in Iraq, at the Tripler Medical Center in Honolulu, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004. Bodrog, on crutches., along with four other Marines from 1st Battalion 3rd Marine Regime from Marine Corp Base Hawaii, received the Purple Heart in a ceremony today. Bodrog's left leg was paralyzed after he was hit by a rocket propelled grenade while serving in Iraq. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)	Brig. Gen. George Trautman, the commanding general of Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe, left, pins a Purple Heart on Lance Cpl. Bryan Bodrog, 20, of San Jose, Calif., at Tripler Medical Center in Honolulu, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004. Bodrog, on crutches, is paralyzed on his left from a rocket propelled grenade while fighting in Iraq. To the right of Bodrog is Lance Cpl. Lance Pettis, 29, and Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Owens, 21, far left in line, who also received purple hearts for recent war wounds. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)
Brig. Gen. George Trautman, the commanding general of Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe, left, pins a purple heart on Lance Cpl. Joaquin McCurty, of Mescalero, Texas, at Tripler Medical Center in Honolulu, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004. McCurty, a son of a navy pilot was wounded by morter round shrapnel embedding in his thigh and lower body while fighting in Iraq. At McCurty's right is Lance Cpl. Bryan Bodrog, Lance Cpl. Lance Pettis and Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Owens, who also received purple hearts for recent war wounds. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)	Brig. Gen. George Trautman, the commanding general of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, left, shakes hands with Lance Cpl. Jose Moracruz, 20, of Collin, Texas, after presenting Moracruz with a Purple Heart at Tripler Medical Center in Honolulu, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004. Moracruz was part of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marine Regime out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii and was injured by gunfire Nov.13, 2004, in Iraq. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)
**ADVANCE FOR THURSDAY NOV. 25 ** Staff Sgt. Joshua Olson tells the story of how he lost his leg, but survived a brutal fire-fight in Iraq with the help of his comrades, Oct. 27, 2004, during a visit to Fort Campbell, Ky., with his 101st Airborne Division unit on the one year anniversary of the Iraq fire fight. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey)	Beth Henderson, of Elba, Ala., watches the news for updates on the war in Iraq Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, at her home in Elba. Henderson has one son in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedon and a second will be deploying to Iraq from Camp Shelby, Miss. A third son is commander of a unit in southern Afganistan. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Kevin Taylor)