DoD Identifies Army Casualty (#1960) [View All]

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The people at icasualties.org see to it that these hospital deaths at Walter Reed or in Germany are counted in the total. That makes it harder for the Pentagon to cover up casualty reports.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20051011-4882.html

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

Lt. Col. Leon G. James II, 46, of Sackets Harbor, N.Y., died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10, of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sep. 26, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. James was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 314th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 78th Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.