Iraq war claims Marine from Green Bay # 1229

[saigon68]

Iraq war claims Marine from Green Bay

West High School grad is 5th casualty from region
By Andy Nelesen

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18764496.shtml


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Area deaths
Five area residents have been killed as a result of action in Iraq this year.

• Feb. 16: U.S. Army Pfc. Nichole M. Frye, 19, Lena

• April 5: U.S. Marine Cpl. Jesse L. Thiry, 23, Casco

• April 6: U.S. Marine Pfc. Ryan M. Jerabek, 18, Hobart

• Nov. 15: U.S. Army Pfc. Isaiah Hunt, 20, Suamico

• Nov. 23: U.S. Marine Sgt. Benjamin Edinger, 24, Green Bay


As friends and family gathered Tuesday to bury a 20-year-old soldier killed in Iraq, word filtered home that another area man had died as a result of wounds suffered in combat last week.

Family members said U.S. Marine Sgt. Benjamin Edinger, 24, of Green Bay died Tuesday at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He was wounded Nov. 14 in Iraq and evacuated to Germany before being flown to the United States.

Edinger, a 1999 Green Bay West High School graduate, had been improving after being wounded by a makeshift bomb , said Gerald Downey, Edinger’s maternal grandfather.


Confirmed by I Casualties as # 1129 http://icasualties.org/oif/

[Career Prole]

1. And all that the right-wingers in Wisconsin wanted to talk about during

the campaign was the "important matter"...
EXTRA! EXTRA! John Kerry calls Lambeau Field Lambert Field! Read all about it! EXTRA!
On page 12 maybe there'll be a paragraph about shrub's mistakes killing local youth?

[Voltaire99]

3. No, that was a moment of sheer stupidity on Kerry's part

One as tone deaf and humiliating as "Can I get me a hunting license?"

Let the next Massachusetts robot who runs for president understand this: don't pretend. It only comes off as condescension. If you're not going to bother to understand local culture, don't bother campaigning.

Rather than blaming Wisconsin, you might think a bit about why Kerry is a failure. Try this:

http://counterpunch.com/cockburn11202004.html

[Career Prole]

4. So I take it you think that was more f*ing important this cycle?

You really think those should have been issues at all?
Rather than blaming Kerry you might think about the morons who think trivial shit like that merits the clamor they (and now you) made. :grr:

[seemslikeadream]

2. 50,000 IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT GEORGIE, 50,000?

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FLAGS?



DO THE PILLS STOP YOU FROM DREAMING ABOUT THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION YOU HAVE CAUSED?

[leftchick]

5. 112 for November.....

creeping up on the April record for dead. Way to go chimpass*... :(


Military Fatalities: By Month
Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
11-2004 108 4 0 112 4.67 24
10-2004 63 2 2 67 2.16 31
9-2004 80 3 4 87 2.9 30
8-2004 66 4 5 75 2.42 31
7-2004 54 1 3 58 1.87 31
6-2004 42 1 7 50 1.67 30
5-2004 80 0 4 84 2.71 31
4-2004 135 0 5 140 4.67 30