Just a sidebar...the fellow I mentioned has been nicely memorialized:
Library to be dedicated to fort soldier killed in Iraq
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666205/posts
Thanks for the heads-up. I’m going to Huachuca next year for a reunion. I’ll be sure to look at this.
“These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and they may be confirmed by anyone at:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf"
I downloaded this report and find the stats on page 7.
I do note that the statistics show those of the 8 Clinton years - total 7,500 deaths
And the 7 Bush years total 8,792