He died in Walter Reed and icasualties lists it that way.Never seen that before.RIP PFC Matthew Bean

[uppityperson]

2 things.

First http://icasualties.org/oif/ lists "place of death" Walter Reed. I have never seen this before. http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=5-2007
Second, RIP 22 yr old Matthew. My condolences to your family and friends for all you and they have had to go through.




http://wbztv.com/topstories/local_story_151181858.html
Pembroke Soldier Dies Of Iraq Injuries

(AP) PEMBROKE A 22-year-old soldier from Pembroke is the latest Massachusetts native to die from fighting in Iraq.

Private First Class Matthew Bean was shot in the head by a sniper on May 19th during a door-to-door search for captured U-S soldiers.

He was flown to Germany for surgery and then to Walter Reed Medical Center on May 23rd.

Bean was removed from life support yesterday and died early today. He was a member of the Army's 10th Mountain Division and a 2003 graduate of Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston.

[karlrschneider]

1. I have never seen that before either.

Can he be the first?
:wtf:

[uppityperson]

2. The first listed but way not the first died out of country. Odd.

Good, but odd. Does this mean that he is the first listed that died out of Iraq? I know there has been this rumor on the internets, and can never remember what website/s people are pointed to, but it just seems odd.

[onenote]

3. Not the first such listing on icasualties -- earliest one I saw was from June 2003

18 June 2003:
US Staff Sergeant William T. Latham Walter Reed Medical Ctr. Hostile - hostile fire

There are others as well (Oct 13 2006, Nov. 27, 2004). Haven't tried to identify them all. Also, there are numerous references to other hospitals both in Europe and US (TX, MD, CA).

[uppityperson]

5. Thanks, hadn't noticed, thought maybe a new thing.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. They have a whole list of deaths out of theater.

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

[uppityperson]

10. Thanks, I missed that. Is that count accurate?

11 deaths so far for 2007 out of Iraq, with 2 of those being from illness? How can that be? Are they either immediately dying, or surviving serious wounds?

Hmm, 3 suicides are listed. Thank you for this list, it seems odd also. (and no, no tinfoil)

[Crunchy Frog]

4. That's how they normally post it on Icasualties.

From the same list:

US Specialist Mark R. C. Caguioa National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda - Baghdad

US Sergeant Thomas G. Wright enroute to Landstuhl Medical Center

UK Private Kevin Thompson Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham UK - Basrah

[uppityperson]

6. thanks, hadn't noticed before.

[Rick Myers]

8. Godspeed PFC Matthew Bean

We salute you, may you rest in peace.

[Imagevision]

9. The Pentagon is flaky, how many troops were wouded but later died as a result but

still stayed on the wounded list instead of kia.

[Contrary1]

11. Someone has the facts wrong...

"He was flown to Germany for surgery and then to Walter Reed Medical Center on May 23rd."

"Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, 22, of Pembroke, Mass., died May 31 at the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Md.,"