[Diddle E. Squat]

Let's update this thread as names are released. Their ultimate sacrifice for others and in service of our country should not be forgotten. We will forever be in debt to them, and lift prayers for comfort for their families on their loss.

[satchmodog9]

God bless them and anyone willing to die on their feet than live on their knees. They did not die for nothing. A just cause is worth loss. It makes the action valid and gives it a soul and human touch. People will remember the Americans and Brits for their sacrifice.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Capt. Ryan Beaupre

[amom]

Thanks for this thread.

I was watching the news earlier and the mother of Brian Kennedy was being interviewed. Some of what she said about Brian stuck with me. “Brian felt he had a job to do and he was going to do it. He was very proud to do it…I was really lucky to know Brian for so long…he was really really fun to know…loved to laugh…loved to enjoy life…he‘d come home and take off his Marine boots and put on his flip flops…He died for all of us”

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[freepersup]

How about including all coalition casualties ?

8 Brits aboard the Royal Navy's UH 46 Sea Knight

2 US Marines KIA ground casualties (separate engagements)

1 US Naval Officer presumed KIA, aboard the lost Royal Navy's helicopter (crashed into second UK helo), 6 Brits perish, all lost at sea

1 US soldier with the 3RD Inf Div KIA

4 US armed forces personnel KIA, aboard Humvees hit by RPG's

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I'll see if I can locate the names and other pertinent details regarding these OIF combat casualties.

[LibKill]

Heros all.

I am truly saddened by the loss of these heros. I won't forget them.

[Redleg Duke]

These are those we should honor, not the "journalists" sucking on the war for their big story!

A moment of silence for their "Last Roll Call"!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Could we add the names of all of the fallen heroes. I don't feel right excluding the names of the Brits and the Aussie. They are no less heroes because the were born someplace other than USA. I hope we can get all of the names and I hope God brings peace to all of the families affected. God bles the USA, God bless the liberators of Iraq and God Bless President Bush.

[mrustow]

Let's update this thread as names are released. Their ultimate sacrifice for others and in service of our country should not be forgotten. We will forever be in debt to them, and lift prayers for comfort for their families on their loss.

I salute, and grieve for those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Lest we forget.

[Samwise]

All humanity is of one Author, and is one volume; when one dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God’s hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to one another.

-- JOHN DONNE (1572–1631)

[Salvation]

Prayers for all those who have died in this war and their familieis and loved ones.

[patriciaruth]

Bookmarked.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Prayers for our fallen heroes and their families.

[Spirited]

Thank you for this thread. I deeply appreciate having access to names so that I can ask in prayer for the comforting presence of the Lord to surround their loved ones.

Too bad that we can't detail Freepers who are local to the men to attend any funerals in the name of Free Republic as a gesture of respect, deep appreciation and reverence representative of our nation.

[Salvation]

Update: FoxNews: Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom

[jwalsh07]

God keep them all.

Thank's for giving all.

[nutmeg]

Thank you for creating this thread.

Prayers for our fallen heroes and their families.

[ladyinred]

God rest their souls, and give comfort to their families. I hope they know they were heroes to us.

[MHT]

A NY Times article said that the soldiers who have died so far have been a reflection of America. Only one was from a well-to-do family, one a graduate of a prestigious college, and another, a graduate of the Naval Academy. The rest have been middle-class people for whom the military represented a chance to serve others and better oneself.

I really wish we had more about EACH one. So few (and hopefully it will stay that way); and, each, so precious.

Maybe after this is all over with someone will put out a book about the special life each one led.

[sonofatpatcher2]

To the men and women who have given their last, full measure of devotion:

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy,
let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.

This part of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has alway brought tears to my eyes and I have them now as I post this.

As has this from "13 Days of Glory":
"Now the bugles are silent
And there's rust on each sword
And the small band of soldiers...
Lie asleep in the arms of the Lord...

Bless them, Bless them All.