DoD Identifies Marine Casualties #1223, #1224, #1225, #1226, #1227

[saigon68]

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No. 1200-04
IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2004

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http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20041122-1623.html


DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of five Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Cpl. Bradley T. Arms, 20, of Charlottesville, Va.

Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown, 22, of Martinsville, Va.

Lance Cpl. Michael A. Downey, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz.

Cpl. Joseph J. Heredia, 22, of Santa Maria, Calif.

Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Welke, 20, of Rapid City, S.D.

Arms and Brown died Nov. 19, as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Downey died Nov. 19 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from wounds received as a result of enemy action on Nov. 11 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Heredia died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received as a result of enemy action on Nov 10 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Welke died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received as a result of enemy action on Nov 19 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Arms was assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, headquartered in Baltimore, Md. Brown was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Downey was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Heredia was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Welke was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For more information on Arms, contact the Inspector/Instructor Staff at Lynchburg, Va., at [phone]. For more information on Brown, contact the 2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Office at [phone]. For more information on Downey, contact the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Public Affairs Office at [phone] or [phone]. For more information on Heredia or Welke contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at [phone].

#1223, #1224, #1225, #1226, #1227 I casualties confirms http://icasualties.org/oif/


On edit: they are starting to report deaths at the hospitals. Its now up to 106 this month alone.

[underpants]

1. Two form Virginia

Damn

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

16. DEJA VU (ALL OVER AGAIN)

DEJA VU (ALL OVER AGAIN)

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you try to read the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again

Day by day I hear the voices rising
Started with a whisper like it did before
Day by day we count the dead and dying
Ship the bodies home while the networks all keep score

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Could your eyes believe the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again

One by one I see the old ghosts rising
Stumblin' 'cross Big Muddy
Where the light gets dim
Day after day another Momma's crying
She's lost her precious child
To a war that has no end

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you stop to read the writing at The Wall
Did that voice inside you say
I've seen this all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again
It's like Deja Vu all over again

[leftchick]

2. 110 this month...

That they are admitting to. Bring the Troops Home!

Military Fatalities: By Month
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
11-2004 106 4 0 110 5 22

[Rainbowreflect]

3. They are all so young.

This just breaks my heart. :cry:

[xpunkisneatx]

11. they are all my age...

So far I haven't seen any recognizable names...but i think my luck is running out. I got 5 of my very best guy friends over there right now, and I have already had one friend lose both of his legs in a road side bomb attack in May. How many more?

[seemslikeadream]

4. HOW MANY MORE GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE??????

Paddy's Lament Lyrics


Well it's by the hush, me boys, and sure that's to MIND your noise
And listen to poor Paddy's sad narration
I was by hunger stressed, and in poverty distressed
So I took a thought I'd leave the Irish nation

Well I sold me horse and cow, my little pigs and sow
My FATHER'S FARM of land I soon did part with
And me sweetheart Bid McGee, I'm afraid I'll never see
For I left her there that morning broken-hearted

Here's you boys, now take my advice
To America I'll have ye's not be going
There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin

Well myself and a hundred more, to America sailed o'er
Our fortunes to be making we were thinkin'
When we got to Yankee land, they put guns into our hands
SAYING "Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln"

Here's you boys, now take my advice
To America I'll have YOUSE not be going
There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin

General Meagher to us he said, if you get shot or lose your Head
Every MOTHER'S SON of youse will get a pension
Well in the war I lost me leg, AND ALL I'VE NOW'S a wooden peg
And by soul it is the truth to you I mention

Here's you boys, now take my advice
To America I'll have YOUSE not be going
There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin

Well I think myself in luck, if I get fed on Indianbuck
And old Ireland is the country I delight in
To the devil, I would say, God curse Americay
For the truth I've had enough of your hard fightin

Here's you boys, now take my advice
To America I'll have YOUSE not be going
There is nothing here but war, where the murderin' cannons roar
And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin

I wish I was at home
I wish I was at home
I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin

--Sinead O'Connor

[Flagg]

10. Tens of thousands.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Goerge uyou do not even read the names

do you?

You don't care

You SOB

[lynx rufus]

6. this gives george a big ol' smurk

I think, if anything, this gives him a good chuckle

[UpInArms]

7. War

What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War is something that I despise
For it means destruction of innocent lives
For it means tears in thousands of mothers' eyes
When their sons go out to fight to give their lives

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

War
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
War is the enemy of all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
Handed down from generation to generation
Induction destruction
Who wants to die

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

War has shattered many young men's dreams
Made them disabled bitter and mean
Life is too precious to be fighting wars
each day
War can't give life it can only take it away

War
It's nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
Peace love and understanding
There must be some place for these things today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord there's gotta be a better way
That's better than
War

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

:cry:

[elehhhhna]

8. Hubby has a buddy there and when I click my heart's in my throat...

[Flagg]

9. "Bring'em on !" ,almost begged the AWOL chimp.

[xpunkisneatx]

12. What are we fighting for?

"What Are We Fighting For?"

Battle flag in the bassinet
Oil and blood on the bayonet
Crowded downtown hit the floor
What are we fightin' for?

What are we fightin' for?
What are we fightin' for?

The world got smaller but the bombs got bigger
Holocaust on a hairpin trigger
Aint no game so forget the score
What are we fightin' for?

What are we fightin' for?
What are we fightin' for?
What are we fightin' for?

What will I tell my daughter?
What will you tell your son?
Where were all the doves?
That we were nothing but a shadow,
a faceless generation devoid of love?

The crucifix ain't no baseball bat
Tell me what kind of God is that?
Ain't nothing more godless than a war
So what are we fightin' for?

What are we fightin' for?
What are we fightin' for?
What are we fightin' for?

What will I tell my daughter?
What will you tell your son?
Where were all the doves?
That we were nothing but a shadow,
A faceless generation?

What are we fightin' for?

[saigon68]

13. Oil and Halliburton Corporate profits.

That appears to be it. % more young lives disappaering like moths into the inferno.

In 2 weeks no one, except their families will remember them.

[Streetdoc270]

14. plus the wounded keep rolling in

I have a buddy here who has the contract to transport the wounded to the navel hospital from the air station. He told me that they had 30 to transport the other day many with missing arms, legs , or both. He said a couple of them told him they were in Humvees that were not armored.

[lastliberalintexas]

15. I don't know what's worse

Reading about 20 year old kids being blown to bits over there, or 55 year old grandfathers being KIA.

[karlrschneider]

17. And. The. Hits. Just. Keep. On. Coming.

where, oh where is the end to this idiotic madness?

[Kukesa]

18. Rest In Peace. n/t

[TacticalPeek]

19. Kick.

:kick: