I don’t know if you are interested in this or not but got this from a email today.
more after the fold
here is a list by the DoD of dead in Afghan helio downed this past week.
Subject: DoD Identifies Army and Navy Casualties
>
>
> > NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of
> Defense
> >
> > No. 671-05
> > IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> > Jul 02, 2005
> > Media Contact: (703)697-5131
> > Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711
> >
> > DoD Identifies Army and Navy Casualties
> >
> >
> > The Department of Defense announced today the
> death of eight soldiers and
> eight
> > sailors who were supporting Operation Enduring
> Freedom.
> >
> > Soldiers killed were:
> >
> > SSgt. Shamus O. Goare, 29, of
> Danville, Ohio.
> > Chief Warrant Officer Corey J.
> Goodnature, 35, of Clarks
> Grove, Minn.
> > Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano
> Beach, Fla.
> > Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles, 33,
> of Shelbyville, Ind.
> > MSgt James W. Ponder III, 36, of
> Franklin, Tenn.
> > Maj. Stephen C. Reich, 34, of
> Washington Depot, Conn.
> > Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell, 31,
> of Stafford, Va.
> > Chief Warrant Officer Chris J.
> Scherkenbach, 40, of
> Jacksonville, Fla.
> > All of these soldiers were assigned to the Army’s
> 160th Special Operations
> Aviation
> > Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.
> >
> > Sailors killed were:
> >
> > Chief Petty Officer Jacques J. Fontan, 36, of New
> Orleans, La.
> > Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel R. Healy, 36, of
> Exeter, N.H.
> > Lt. Cmdr. Erik S. Kristensen, 33, of San Diego,
> Calif.
> > Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery A. Lucas, 33, of
> Corbett, Ore.
> > Lt. Michael M. McGreevy, Jr., 30, of Portville,
> N.Y.
> > Petty Officer 2nd Class James Suh, 28, of
> Deerfield Beach, Fla.
> > Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30, of
> Midway, W.Va.
> > Healy, Patton and Suh were assigned to SEAL
> Delivery Vehicle Team One,
> Pearl
> > Harbor, Hawaii.
> >
> > Fontan, Kristensen, Lucas, McGreevy and Taylor
> were assigned to SEAL Team
> Ten,
> > Virginia Beach, Va.
> >
> > All 16 were killed while conducting combat
> operations when the MH-47
> helicopter
> > that they were aboard crashed in the vicinity of
> Asadabad, Afghanistan in
> Kumar
> > Province on June 28.
> >
> > For further information related to the Army
> personnel listed in this
> release,
> > contact Army Public Affairs at (703) 692-2000.
> >
> > For further information related to the Navy
> personnel listed in this
> release,
> > contact Naval Special Warfare Command Public
> Affairs at (619) 437-5133.
> >
so very sad to look at, IMHO
