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26 November 2004

1,274 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.

April 2004               129 Died (largest monthly toll)
**RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT OBJECT NAME AND TRANS REFERENCE NUMBER** Shannon Enos, left, wife of Sgt. Peter Enos, of South Dartmouth, Mass., sits next to her in-laws, Deborah and Gerald Enos, during Enos' funeral at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, April 26, 2004. Enos died on April 9, 2004, in Bayji, Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his patrol vehicle. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	Todd Van Leuven, left, is consoled following the funeral for his son Lance Cpl. Gary Frances Van Leuven, 20, of Klamath Falls, in Coos Bay, Ore., Wednesday, April 28, 2004. Leuven was shot a sniper in Iraq on April 17. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Martha Siles, left, cries during the funeral for her son, U.S. Sgt Marvin Antonio Campos Siles, who died in while serving with the U.S. military in Iraq, in Jinotega, 161 kilometers north of Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, April, 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Mario Lopez)	Amy Valdez, second from right, places red roses on top of her husband Marine Lance Cpl. Ruben Valdez' casket while Ruben's mother, Sylvia Valdez, right, clutches one of the flags that draped his casket during his funeral Monday, April 26, 2004, in San Diego, Texas. Valdez was killed in Iraq April 17, 2004. (AP Photo/ Corpus Christi Caller-Times, George Gongora)
Chantil Vandayburg says her final goodbyes to her stepson Army Spc. Allen "A.J." Vandayburg Saturday, April 17, 2004, following his funeral at Finefrock-Williams Funeral Home in Mansfield, Ohio. Vandayburg, 20, was killed April 9 in Barez, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle according to the Department of Defense. (AP Photo/Mansfield News Journal, Daniel Melograna)	Frankie Woodall, center, says goodbye to her fallen nephew U.S. Marine Pfc. Christopher Mabry, as Kent Jay, right, looks on near Meridian, Miss., on Thursday, April 15, 2004. Mabry was shot and killed in Iraq on Tuesday, April 6, 2004. Mike Akins, left, is the funeral director for James F. Webb Funeral Home Inc. of Meridian. (AP Photo/The Meridian Star, Kyle Carter)
Ronald Ramirez, brother of U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Ramirez, buries his face in his hands as a U.S. flag, a cross, the puple heart and bronze star medals lay in the lap of their mother, Irene Ramirez, during funeral services for Sgt. Ramirez at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in McAllen, Texas, Thursday, April 22, 2004. Christopher Ramirez, 34, of the 3rd Infantry Division based in Fort Stewart, Ga., died the week before in an ambush in Fallujah, Iraq, the second of two Edinburg, Texas, men to die recently in combat. (AP Photo/The Monitor, James Nedock)	Genoveva Torres, center right, is presented a U.S. flag at the funeral of her son U.S. Marine Pfc. George D. Torres Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at Forest Lawn Mortuary in Long Beach, Calif. Evelyn Torres, his sister, left; Daisy Garcia, his girlfriend, center left; and his father, Fernando Torres, are seated with Torres' mother. Torres was killed by hostile fire April 11, 2004, while in the Anbar province of Iraq. (AP Photo/Press Telegram, Brittany Murray)
Aaron Jerabek, 28, right, consoles his younger brother Nick, 15, during the funeral for their brother, Pfc. Ryan Jerabek at Nicolet Memorial Garden on Friday, April 16, 2004, in Green Bay, Wis. Ryan Jerabek, 18, was killed April 6 in Iraq in a battle with insurgents. (AP Photo/Steve Levin, Green Bay Press-Gazette)	The family of Army Pfc. Nathan Brown, from left, brother Christopher L. Brown, mother Kathy Brown, and father Ricky L. Brown walk into St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in Glens Falls, N.Y., for the soldier's funeral service on Tuesday, April 20, 2004. Brown was killed Sunday, April 11, in Samarra, Iraq. Brown is the first New York Army National Guard mobilized infantryman to die in combat since World War II. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight)
Amy Nieves is consoled by funeral director Jim Barnhart as the body of her husband, Army Spc. Isaac Nieves, is loaded into the hearse after a funeral service in Sidney, N.Y., Tuesday, April 20, 2004. Isaac Nieves was killed in combat in Iraq on April 8. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)	Walter K. Carlson, center, attends the funeral for 2nd Lt. John Thomas ``J.T.'' Wroblewski, 25, of Jefferson Township, N.J., in Washington Township, N.J.., April 21, 2004. FBI Agent Thomas A. Cottone Jr. ,who specializes in military imposters, noticed Carlson at the funeral in a Marine uniform with decorations including the Navy cross, two Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars and three Purple Hearts. The FBI said a complaint was filed Thursday charging Carlson, 58, of Summit, N.J., with illegally wearing military awards. (AP Photo/Daily Record, Dawn Benko)
Judy Hartman, left, the mother of Army Sgt. Jonathan Hartman holds his flag and medals as she gets a hug from her sister-in-law Susan Hartman during his funeral at Miami Cemetery in Waynesville, Ohio on Wednesday afternoon, April 28, 2004. Hartman, 27, from Orange Park, Fla., was killed April 17 when his convoy with the 1st Armored Division was ambushed near the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniyah. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Glenn Hartong)	Buddhist monk Thich Kien Khai, in orange robe, with representatives from the Buddhist Association of America Dr. Doan Tran, left and Nhon Tran, center wearing conical hat, lead the funeral procession for Army Sgt. Chen Yihjyh, as he is carried by U.S. Army honor guards, during a funeral ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, April 23, 2004, in Arlington, Va. Chen was killed on April 4th in Baghdad, Iraq when his unit was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Family of U.S. Army Pfc. Leroy Harris-Kelly grieve during a funeral service for the fallen soldier Friday, April 30, 2004, at the Faith Community Church in West Covina, Calif. Harris-Kelly died in a truck accident Tuesday while serving in Iraq. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Leo Jarzomb)	An unidentified woman is consoloed during the funeral for Lance Cpl. Gary Frances Van Leuven, 20, of Klamath Falls, in Coos Bay, Ore., Wednesday, April 28, 2004. Leuven was shot by a sniper in Iraq on April 17. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Kentucky National Guard Maj. Gen. Donald Storm presents Lisa Henderson, wife of 1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II, with an American flag and case Tuesday, April 27, 2004, during funeral services at J.C. Kirby & Son Lovers Lane Chapel in Bowling Green, Ky. Henderson was killed April 17, when his convoy was attacked in Diwanlyah, Iraq. Family members Melanie Ray, center, and Joel Hawkins are seated next to Lisa Henderson.(AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson)	Members of the Kentucky National Guard carry the flag draped casket of 1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II, Tuesday, April 27, 2004, followed by his mother Lillian Henderson during funeral services in Bowling Green, Ky. Henderson was killed in an ambush of a military convoy on April 17. He was a platoon leader of Detachment 1 of the 2123rd Transportation Company, based in Owensboro. (AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson)
Olga Chavez-Smith kisses the casket of her son, Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Jones of Gainesville, Fla., during his funeral at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, April 26, 2004. Jones died on April 9, 2004, in Bayji, Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while on patrol. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	Katja Jones, wife of Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Jones of Gainesville, Fla., accepts the flag from his casket from Grig. Gen. Robert L. Decker, left, as chaplain Arnold W. DePorter, center, looks on during Jones' funeral at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, April 26, 2004. Jones died on April 9, 2004, in Bayji, Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while on patrol. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Rev. G. Michael Bugarin, background left, accompanies, from left, family members of Marine Lance Cpl. Brad Shuder: father, Glen Shuder; mother, Rose Shuder, and sister, Chelsea Shuder; as they view the casket of the fallen Marine, Friday, April 23, 2004, during funeral services at Holy Trinity Church in El Dorado Hills, Calif. Shuder was killed Monday from hostile fire in Iraq's Al Anbar Province, according to the Department of Defense. He was assigned to the Marine's Second Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Florence Low)	Marine pallbearers carry the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Brad Shuder into Holy Trinity Church for funeral services Friday, April 23, 2004, in El Dorado Hills, Calif. Following behind are, from left, the deceased's sister, Chelsea Shuder; father, Glenn Shuder; and mother, Rose Shuder. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Florence Low)
The widow of Marine 2nd Lt. John T. Wroblewski, Joanna Wroblewski, left, weeps as Captain Martin Lewis, right, hands the American flag that draped her husband's coffin during a funeral ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, April 23, 2004, in Arlington, Va. Wroblewski, 25, of Oak Ridge, N.J., died April 6 due to injuries received from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Location	Chief Warrant Officer Micahel E. Hampton says his final goodbye to fellow pilot Chief Warrant Officer Wesley Charles "Chuck" Fortenberry after funeral services in Temple, Texas, on Thursday, April 22, 2004. Fortenberry, 38, of Woodville, Texas, died April 11 when his AH-64 Apache helicopter was shot down west of Baghdad by insurgents. Fortenberry and Hampton served together for 18 months with the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Killeen Daily Herald, Steve Traynor)
Brett Boye, right, father of U.S. Marine Pvt. Noah Boye consoles Kyle Dill, following the funeral for the soldier at the Grand Island Cemetery in in Grand Island, Neb. on Wednesday April 21, 2004. Boye was killed April 12 in Iraq when he came under enemy fire near Fallujah. (AP Photo/The Grand Island Independent, Barrett Stinson)	The family of Marine Pfc. George D. Torres release white doves during Torres' funeral at Forest Lawn Mortuary in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, April 20, 2004. Torres was killed on April 11, 2004, in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Press Telegram, Brittany Murray)
U.S. Brigadier Gen. Roger Nadeau hands the U.S. Flag that was draped over Allen Jeffrey Vandayburg's coffin to Chantil Vandayburg Saturday, April 17, 2004 at the end of the funeral precession at the Mansfield Cemetery in Mansfield, Ohio. Vandayburg, who was in the 1st Infantry Division in the U.S. Army was killed on April 8, 2004 in Barez, Iraq. (AP Photo/Mansfiled News Journal, Daniel Melograna)	Members of the Marine Mobilization Command Unit from Kansas City, Mo. carry the flag draped casket of Lance Cpl. Christopher Wasser from the Ottawa University Chapel in Ottawa, Kan. following funeral services Saturday morning, April 17, 2004. Wasser, 21, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Twentynine Palms, Calif. was killed April 8 in Al-Anbar Province, Iraq. (AP Photo/Laurie Sisk)
The casket of Staff Sgt. George Rentschler is carried by an honor guard from Carlisle Avenue Baptist Church following his funeral service Saturday, April 17, 2004, in Louisville, Ky. Rentschler, 31, died April 7 in Iraq when a rocket hit the side of a tank in which he was riding. He was with the Army's 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, David Lutman)	Onlookers gather as the funeral procession for Army Spc. Justin W. Johnson makes its way through downtown Rome, Ga., Saturday, April 17, 2004. Johnson, 22, was killed in Iraq last week when his vehicle hit an explosive in Baghdad, and was laid to rest with full military honors. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Rome News-Tribune, D. Patrick Harding)
Army 2nd Lt. Ben Westbrook, top, wipes a tear during funeral services for long time friend Marine 1st Lt. Joshua Palmer at First Baptist Church of Banning, Calif., Friday, April 16, 2004. Palmer, 25, assigned to 1st Battalion, Marine 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., was killed April 8 in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Sun, Gabriel Acosta)	Burton Kephart, right, father of fallen Army soldier Spc. Jonathan Roy Kephart, drops his head in a moment of silence during the funeral ceremony for his son Friday, April 16, 2004, at Faith Baptist Church in Cranberry, Pa. Kephart, 21, of Oil City, Pa., died April 8 in Iraq from injuries received in a roadside bombing. (AP Photo/The Derrick, Jerry Sowden)
Bobby Manshack, right, step-father of Lance Cpl. Shane L. Goldman,19, of Orange, Texas, wipes away tears as Goldman's mother Jan Manshack, middle in maroon, clutches his purple heart as Goldman's casket is carried from the North Orange Baptist Church in Orange, Texas, Friday, April 16, 2004, following funeral services. Goldmazn was killed, April 5, during fighting in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. (AP Photo/Beaumont Enterprise, Scott Eslinger)	Rex Rogers stands by the casket of his son Army Spc. Philip Gerard Rogers during his funeral at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Ore. on Thursday, April 15, 2004. Rogers, 23, was killed April 4 by a roadside bomb after he volunteered to drive a truck on patrol in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. He was the third soldier or civilian with Oregon ties killed in Iraq this year and the 16th in the past 13 months. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Roger Jensen)
Army soldiers fire a 21-gun salute during the funeral of Army Spc. Philip Rogers, Thursday afternoon, April 15, 2004, at a cemetery in Portland, Ore. Rogers, 23, was killed April 4, 2004, by a roadside bomb after he volunteered to drive a truck on patrol in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Roger Jensen)	Marine pall bearers carry the casket of Marine Cpl. Nicholas Dieruf out of the Cathedral of Christ the King on Friday, April 16, 2004, in Lexington, Ky. Dieruf, who died last Thursday, April 8 in an explosion near the town of Husaybah in western Iraq, was remembered Friday during a funeral service as a Christian and a Marine. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Lexington. (AP Photo/Lexington Herald-Leader, David Perry)
Nelson Carman, left, speaks with Marine Retired Col. Stephen Englehardt, right, while holding a flag given to him during a funeral for his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin Carman, 20, on April 15, 2004, in Jefferson, Iowa. Carman was killed April 6 in a battle in the Al Anbar province west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Carroll Daily Times Herald, Jeff Storjohann)
Randy Thiry, father of Marine Cpl. Jesse Thiry, is hugged by a well-wisher as he holds the folded U.S. flag that covered the casket of his son following funeral services at St. Peter Catholic Church in Lincoln, Wis. on Thursday April 15, 2004. Jesse Thiry, a native of Casco, Wis. was killed last week during combat in Iraq. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Steve Levin)	Leslie Hiller, center, is comforted by her cousin Billy Danzey, left, and her aunt Corvet Danzey following the funeral of her husband Spc. Stephen Dusty Hiller Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Opelika, Ala. (AP Photo/Todd J. Van Emst)
Staff Sgt. Matthew James gives his remarks during the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony P. Roberts at Victory Christian Fellowship church in New Castle, Del., Wednesday, April 14, 2004. The 18-year-old Delaware native was killed April 6 in combat in Iraq. (AP Photo/Dee Marvin)	The funeral procession for Army Cpl. Forest Jostes winds its way through the small town of Albion, Ill., into Graceland Cemetery on Tuesday, April 13, 2004. Jostes died April 4, 2004 in Iraq. Jostes, 21, of Albion, Ill., was assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Chicago Tribune, John Smierciak)
Following military protocol, a U.S. flag, which covered the coffin of Marine Cpl. Jesse Thiry, 23, of Casco, Wis., is removed and folded during his funeral, Thursday April 15, 2004, in Casco. The flag will be presented to his father Randy Thiry. Jesse Thiry was killed last week in combat in Iraq (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Steve Levin)	Army Maj. Gen. Rodney Kobayashi presents the Purple Heart and Bronze Star to Cindy Sheehan Tuesday, April 13, 2004, during a funeral service for her son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan 24, in Vacaville, Calif. Sheehan was killed in action south of Baghdad Sunday, April 4, 2004, when the convoy he was in was ambushed. Seven other soldiers also died in the attack. (AP Photo/ The Vacaville Reporter, Rick Roach)
The flag draped coffin of Marine Lance Cpl. Aric J. Barr, 22, is brought down the steps of St. Stephen Church by a Marine Honor Guard in Hazelwood, Pa., during his funeral, Monday, April 12, 2004. His parents, Anthony Barr, top left, and his mother, Lisa Uzonyi, top right, walk behind the casket of their son on the way to burial at Calvary Cemetery in Pittsburgh. Barr, a rifleman, was killed in combat April 2, 2004, in Iraq. (AP Photo/John Heller)	Pallbearers place the casket bearing the remains of Sgt. Sean R. Mitchell, 24, into a hearse, Monday, April 12, 2004, after his funeral service in Youngsville, Pa. Mitchell was killed in Iraq, March 31, 2004. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Greg Wohlford)
The Witmer family from left, Rachel, Charity, mother, Lori, center right, and Charity's twin Michelle, share a hug at their New Berlin, Wis. home, while father John looks on at background right, Dec. 7, 2003. Michelle, one of the three Wisconsin sisters serving in Iraq, was killed Friday, April 9, 2004, and the family is appealing to military leaders to prevent the two surviving sisters from being sent back after her funeral. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Gary Porter)	Veronica Wiscowiche, 19, left, grieves as U.S. Marines fold the American flag during her husband, Lance Cpl. William Wiscowiche's funeral at Desert View Mortuary in Victorville, Calif., Monday, April 10, 2004. Wiscowiche, 20, of Victorville, was killed March 30, 2004, in the Al Anbar province by hostile fire, said Marine Corps spokesman Robert Shuford. (AP Photo/San Bernardino Sun, Gabriel Acosta)
The Honor Guard from Fort Lewis, carries the casket of Pfc. Cleston Raney during funeral services at Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley, Idaho, Saturday, April 10, 2004. Raney, along with four other soldiers, died March 31 in Habbaniyah, Iraq when a bomb exploded under their armored personnel carrier. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Cory Myers)	Army Maj. Gen. Wade McManus presents the folded flag from Army Pfc. Sean Schneider's casket to his wife, Yolande, during Schneider's funeral in Janesville, Wis. Wednesday April 7, 2004. Schneider died March 29 in Diwaniayh, Iraq. (AP Photo/The Janesville Gazette, Dan Lassiter)