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26 November 2004

1,276 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.

August 2004               67 Died
Hilaria Hannon places flowers on the casket of her son, Pfc. Fernando B. Hannon, during his funeral Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004, at the Mojave Cemetery in Mojave, Calif. Hannon, 19, was killed in an explosion in Iraq's Al Anbar province on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Roger Hornback)	John Sapp of suburban Lake Worth, Fla., embraces his son, Harry, 5, during funeral services for his firstborn son, Pfc. Brandon R. Sapp, at the West Virginia National Cemetery on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004. Brandon Sapp, 21, died Aug. 15 when his M2 Bradley fighting vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Najaf, Iraq, the Department of Defense said. Sapp was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. At right is John Sapp's wife Heidi, and daughter Hailee, 11, second right. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post,Uma Sanghvi)
Lydia Gutierrez of Miami, the mother of Spc. Jacob Martir, who died in combat in Iraq on Aug. 18, 2004, mourns over her son's casket following funeral services at Maplewood Cemetery in Norwich, Conn. on Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. Behind her in blue, looking on is, Jacob's second cousin, Rebecca Ramos, 10, of Willimantic, Conn. (AP Photo/Norwich Bulletin, Tali Greener)	Amelia Durheim, 20, right, of Ronan, Mont., hugs Stephanie Funke after funeral services for Stephanie's son, Marine Lance. Cpl. Kane Funke, Friday, Aug. 20, 2004, in Polson, Mont. Funke, 20, was killed by an incendiary device Aug. 11 during combat in the Iraq's Al Anbar Province. Durheim's husband served with Kane in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Daily Inter Lake, Chris Jordan)
Matthew Parkerson, 6, center, is held by his mother, Lori Moreno, as he looks up at a Marine honor guard member after receiving a U.S. flag at the funeral of his father, Marine Sgt. Harvey Emmett Parkerson III, Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma, Calif. Parkerson was killed in action Aug. 18 in Najaf, Iraq. (AP Photo/North County Times, Jamie Scott Lytle)	Sgt. David Heath's father, John Heath, looks at the flag presented to him at his son's funeral at Patton Cemetery in Laporte, Ind., Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004. Heath, who served in the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry, is the first U.S. Armed Services member from Laporte to be killed in a foreign war since Vietnam. From left are, Heath's grandmother, Louise Heath; family friend Gloria Applegate; and stepmother Kim Heath. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Mark A. Shephard)
Minister Roger Pace, left, leads an U.S. Army honor guard from Fort Knox, Ky., during the funeral of Sgt. Daniel Shepherd, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004, in Elyria, Ohio. Shepherd, 23, was killed Aug. 15 in Iraq when his military vehicle was struck by a homemade bomb. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Lonnie Timmons III) ** MANDATORY CREDIT *8	A U.S. Marine Corps. Honor Guard carries the flag-draped coffin of Pfc. Nachez Washalanta at Heritage Hall in Ardmore, Okla., after funeral services, Friday, Aug. 27, 2004. Washalanta, 21, was killed Saturday, Aug. 21, in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, according to a Department of Defense report. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, David McDaniel)
Juanita Beasley, of Inwood, W. Va., is consoled by Staff Sgt. Marie Diaz after a funeral ceremony for Beasley's husband Sgt. Bobby Beasley, Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, in Martinsburg W. Va. Beasley was was killed Aug. 7, in Ghazikel, Afghanistan, when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while serving with the Virginia National Guard. (AP Photo/Hagerstown Herald-Mail, Ric Dugan)	A Marine presents a medal to Miranda Sue Pruitt, left, daughter of Sgt. Moses Rocha who was killed in Iraq, during funeral services for Rocha at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Rocha was killed by enemy fire near Najaf and was one of two Roswell servicemen who were killed in Iraq on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)
Roberto Abad, father of deceased U.S. Marine Cpl. Roberto Abad, 22, of Los Angeles, looks out the window after returning from the funeral services of Roberto, whose photographs and mementos are displayed on the altar set inside the family's living room in Bell Gardens, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Abad was killed in Iraq Aug. 6, 2004. Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 794 U.S. soldiers have died _ 585 as a result of hostile action and 209 of non-hostile causes, according to the Defense Department. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)	Marines salute the flag-draped casket of Sgt. Moses Rocha during funeral services at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Rocha was killed by enemy fire near Najaf, Iraq, and was one of two Roswell servicemen who died in Iraq on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)
A Marine presents an American flag to Velina Sanchez, left, the mother of Sgt. Moses Rocha who was killed in Iraq, during funeral services for Rocha at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. Rocha was killed by enemy fire near Najaf and was one of two Roswell servicemen who were killed in Iraq on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)	Jose Reynoso kneels before the casket of his son, Yadir Reynoso, Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, in Wapato, Wash., during the community visitation before Yadir's funeral service. Yadir, 27, a sergeant in the U.S. Marines, was killed Aug. 5, while fighting in Iraq. (AP photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, Gordon King)
Karen and Bill Bunch react after receiving the flag that covered the casket of their son Spc. Joshua I. Bunch during his funeral at Highland Cemetary in Hattiesburg, Miss., Friday, Aug. 13, 2004. Bunch, 23, of Hattiesburg, died Aug. 6 when his 1st Cavalry Division patrol was ambushed near Baghdad. (AP Photo/The Hattiesburg American, Gavin Averill)	Staff Sgt. Victor Ortiz plays "Taps" during funeral services for Sgt. Tommy L. Gray at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004. Gray was killed Aug. 3 while serving with the 215th Forward Support Battalion in Iraq. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)
A Marine escorting Erika Sullivan salutes as the coffin carrying her husband, Marine Lance Cpl. Vincent Sullivan is placed in the hearse following funeral services at the First Congregational Church in Montclair, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004. Sullivan, 23, a former Chatham resident, was killed in a firefight July 23, 2004, west of Baghdad, his family said. (AP Photo/Daily Record, Dawn Benko)	Erika Sullivan, center, follows behind the flag-draped coffin of her husband, Marine Lance Cpl. Vincent Sullivan, following funeral services Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, at the First Congregational Church in Montclair, N.J. Sullivan, 23, a former Chatham resident, was killed in a firefight July 23, 2004, west of Baghdad, his family said. (AP Photo/Daily Record, Dawn Benko)
A B2 Bomber does a flyover at a funeral at Arlington Cemetery, Monday, Aug. 9, 2004, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)	Soldiers carry the casket of Sgt. Tommy Gray, prior to Gray's funeral in Roswell, N.M., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004. Gray was killed Aug. 3, 2004, in Taji, Iraq, after he was caught between two vehicles in his unit's motor pool. The tank mechanic was assigned to the Army 1st Cavalry Division's 215th Forward Support Battalion based in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)
September 2004                    79 Died
Donna Grella, center, mother of Army Reserve Pfc. Devin Grella, follows her son's casket following funeral services Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, in Medina, Ohio. Grella, 21, of Medina, was killed when his convoy was struck by a homemade explosive device. He was a member of the 706th Transportation Company in Mansfield. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Brynne Shaw) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **	Sophia Garces holds a flag given to her by the Army Color Guard at the funeral of her son, Spc. Tomas Garces, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, in Weslaco, Texas. Garces, died in Baghdad, Sept. 6, when his convoy was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 1836th Transportation Company, Fort Bliss, Texas. Garces' father Raphael, second right, looks on. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Joel Martinez)
Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Scott Sparks holds the hand of his daughter, Sarah, 6, after the funeral services for his son, Army Pfc. Jason Sparks, 19, at Monroeville High School on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004. A football player and 2003 graduate of the high school, Sparks died Sept. 8 while serving in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Register, Abigail Bobrow)	Sgt. 1st Class Jose R. Perez, left, Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Division, hands the flag that drapped Pfc. Luis A. Perez's coffin to his son's widow, and his daughter-in-law, Molly Perez, at the conclusion of a service at Grove Cemetery in LaFargeville, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 6, 2004. Pfc. Perez, with the National Guard 223rd Transportation Company, was killed in action Fallujah, Iraq, last week, was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart during the service. A memory box was interred during the service and Pfc. Perez's body will flown to his hometown of East Chicago, Ind., for a funeral service and burial. (AP Photo/Watertown Daily Times, Michael Fagans)
Misti Thoe is comforted by her husband, Lance Thoe, as she watches the castket of her son, Spc. Dustin Colby, pass during funeral services Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004 at the Army National Guard Armory in Mason City, Iowa. Colby, 20, died Friday, when the military transport truck he was driving rolled over just outside the gates of Camp Dodge in Johnston. (AP Photo/The Globe Gazette, Arian Schuessler)	A soldier with the 82nd Airborne, out of Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, plays taps during the funeral of Staff Sgt. Tony B. Olaes Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2004, at Heritage Memorial Gardens, in Westminster, S.C. Olaes, 30, was killed last Sept. 20, 2004, in Afghanistan when his patrol vehicle was ambushed by enemy forces. (AP Photo/Daily Journal, Chris Day)
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski speaks, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, at the funeral for Sgt. Benjamin Isenberg in Sheridan, Ore. Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday at a Sheridan church to remember an Oregon National Guard soldier killed earlier this month in Iraq. Isenberg, 27, of Sheridan, died on Sept. 13 from injuries received when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb explosion while on patrol in Iraq. (AP Photo/News Register, Chrissy Ragulsky)	Marilyn Weisenburg, right, receives a hug from a friend while her husband, Jim Weisenburg, looks on from behind after the funeral service for their son, Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. David Weisenburg, at Willamette National Cemetery, in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004. Weisenburg, 26, of Portland and Spc. Benjamin Isenberg, 27, of Sheridan, Ore., were killed Sept. 13, 2004, while on a daily patrol mission near Taji, Iraq. Insurgents detonated a bomb and then attacked the patrol with small arms fire. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
Sandra Rodgers, a former Arkansas representative, talks about Thomas Chad Rosenbaum, 25, on behalf of the Rosenbaum family Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, in front of Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Ark. Thomas was killed in Iraq on Saturday. (AP Photo/Texarkana Gazette, Matt Hempel)	Members of a U.S Navy and Marine Corps honor guard carry the coffin of Navy Seabee Eric Knott to a hearse after funeral services for the fallen sailor, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, in Grand Island, Neb. Knott was killed Sept. 4 in Iraq when his unit came under enemy attack. The military said he died from shrapnel wounds. (AP Photo/The Grand Island Independent, Barrett Stinson)
Soldiers mourn following the funeral of Sgt. Shawna Morrison at the First United Methodist Church in Paris, Ill., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004. Morrison, assigned to the Army National Guard's 1544th Transportation Company, was killed in a mortar attack in Baghdad, Sept. 5, 2004. (AP Photos/Paris Beacon-News, M.D. Brading)	Marie Miranda holds her youngest son, Miguel, 3, during the funeral service for her son, Luis Perez, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004, in Gary, Ind. U.S. Army Pfc. Perez was killed Aug. 26, when the truck he was driving struck a land mine outside Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/The Post-Tribune, Brian Pierro)
Dawn Rowe, left, and Lt. Col. Pete Baumgarten embrace as they pay their final respects after the funeral for Rowe's husband, Capt. Alan Blake Rowe, at Mountain View Cemetery north of Fairfield, Idaho, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004. Capt. Rowe was killed Sept. 3, 2004, while serving in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Cory Myers)	A military honor guard escorts the casket of Barton Humlhanz following funeral services, Friday, Sept. 3, 2004, in Doylestown, Pa. Humlhanz, 23, of Hellertown, Pa., died Thursday, Aug. 26, from injuries due to enemy action in Babil Province in Iraq, military authorities said. He was assigned to a Marine unit based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Ken White)
Members of honor guard from Redstone Arsenal's 3rd Brigade of the 100th Army Division prepare for 21-gun salute at funeral services for Staff Sgt. Robert C. Thornton Jr., Friday afternoon, Sept. 3, 2004, at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Guntersville, Ala. Thornton Jr., a member of the Army's 1st Cavalry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas, was killed when a tank he was in was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq on Aug. 23. (AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Lauranda Nichols)	Lafayette High School students wait for the funeral procession of Army Spc. Joseph C. Thibodeaux, III to pass the school, Friday Sept. 10, 2004, on it's way to the church for funeral services. Thibodeaux was killed in Iraq Sept. 1, 2004. (AP Photo/ Lafayette Daily Advertiser/ Brad Kemp)