DoD Identifies Army Casualty (#1351)

[bluestateguy]

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Bennie J. Washington, 25, of Atlanta, Ga., died Jan. 4 in Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained Oct. 14 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his military vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. Washington was assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, Korea.


http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050107-1937.html

[Politicub]

1. 1,351 people is a lot of soldiers

So many lives given up for a lie.

[Earth_First]

2. Enough is enough...

give me two minutes alone with * in a dark alley...

[leftchick]

3. it will be well past 2000 dead bodies for NOTHING!

by the time Jan. 30 has passed. :(

[Earth_First]

4. These figures are underreported anyhow...

we surpassed 2000 long ago.

[leftchick]

5. I agree with you...

these are "official" numbers which are officialy bullshit!

[gratuitous]

6. Injured Oct. 14, died Jan. 4

At least we know that the injured who are taken from the field who later die are included in the count. There's been much speculation as to whether DoD counts someone as one of the war dead if they don't actually die on the ground in Iraq.

So long, Sgt. Washington.