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Marine killed in Iraq and Afghaniston?

Last post 03-26-2008 1:00 AM by BamaMarine7276. 5 replies.
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  • 03-24-2008 9:55 AM

    • SgtGrit
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    Marine killed in Iraq and Afghaniston?

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    Does anyone know the number?  If you do please let me know the source.

    Thanks

    Semper Fi

    Sgt Grit

  • 03-24-2008 10:00 AM In reply to

    • SgtGrit
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    Re: Marine killed in Iraq and Afghaniston?

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    Sorry it should read as a question.  How many Marines have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan?

     I also mispelled Afghanistan. You can tell how my Monday is starting out.

  • 03-24-2008 10:20 AM In reply to

    Re: Marine killed in Iraq and Afghaniston?

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    Edit by satie: Sorry, this give totals, not just Marines. 

     http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

    Gives: 

    OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)  U.S. CASUALTY STATUS *
    FATALITIES AS OF: March 24, 2008, 10 a.m. EDT

    OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) U.S. CASUALTY STATUS
    FATALITIES AS OF: March 15, 2008, 10 a.m. EDT
     

  • 03-24-2008 10:52 AM In reply to

    Re: Marine killed in Iraq and Afghaniston?

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    Don, I just emailed the Public Affairs office of the DOD asking them your question. Hopefully they will get back to me soon with an answer.

    I tried searching online but couldn't find anything where the totals were broken down by branch of service.Not in numbers anyway. I did find a listing of percentages with the Army at around 71% and the Corps at around 24% for both Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Leatherneck or the Marine Corps Gazzette might could provide you the answer too.

      Semper Fidelis,
         Chris

    Later that night, while I was thinking about the day's somber events, Cpl. Richard A. Mason, an infantryman with Headquarters Platoon, who, in the short time I was with the company became a good friend, told me, "You're still here, don't forget that. Tell your kids, your grandkids, what Sgt. Peralta did for you and the other Marines today."
    Quote from a story written by combat correspondent LCpl Travis J. Kaemmerer who,unfortunately,died in a car crash in Virginia after returning from Iraq.

  • 03-24-2008 3:12 PM In reply to

    • Joe C.
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    Re: Marine killed in Iraq and Afghaniston?

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    http://icasualties.org/oif/Service.aspx

     

    According to the above link:   Iraq  847 Marines

                                                      127 Marine Reserves

                                                         1 Marine (IRR)

                                      Afghanistan 40  Marines

     

     

  • 03-26-2008 1:00 AM In reply to

    Re: Marine killed in Iraq and Afghaniston?

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    Don, here is what I got back from DOD. Click on the link and they have several different charts showing the totals and it's up to date.

       Semper Fidelis,
          Chris

     

    Response (Public Communication Researcher 1) - 03/25/2008 03:08 PM
    Dear Christopher Spencer:

    We appreciate everything you have done to keep this country safe.  And we want to Thank you for your year(s) of service.  We recommend that you view our Military Casualty Information web site ( http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm) provided by Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  Click on the link for the conflict that you are interested in and then click on the pdf file for a list of names.  Let us know if we can be of further assistance to you in the future.  Thanks for contacting the Department of Defense.

    Later that night, while I was thinking about the day's somber events, Cpl. Richard A. Mason, an infantryman with Headquarters Platoon, who, in the short time I was with the company became a good friend, told me, "You're still here, don't forget that. Tell your kids, your grandkids, what Sgt. Peralta did for you and the other Marines today."
    Quote from a story written by combat correspondent LCpl Travis J. Kaemmerer who,unfortunately,died in a car crash in Virginia after returning from Iraq.
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