Every paper and media outlet in the country gives that info when talking about someone in the service. I see it all the time in the local newspapers. Maybe it's permissible to name names of all the soldiers, wounded and otherwise in the company, along with detailed photos of the day's action, street names and what appear to be identifiable landmarks and descriptions, but it doesn't ring right with me.
Isn't that what all media does? It's past tense. For all you know that info could be days old. How could that have any effect?
You guys want to trash Sites. I see his site as being pretty objective.
If you really want to place blame, blame the pentagon for allowing anyone there in the first place. It's war. Nasty things will happen and allowing hundreds of reporters into the middle of it surely will bring out the nastiness.
If aiding a savage, primitive and murdering enemy through thoughtlessness is within your definition of "objective", good luck to you.