On September 27th the Department of Defense released the name of Sgt. Velton Locklear III of Lacey as the 53rd Washingtonian to die in George W. Bush’s invasion and occupation of Iraq. Sgt. Locklear becomes the 3rd Washingtonian to be killed in Iraq in the month of September and the 12th thus far this year.
In honor of their service and sacrifice:
Name - Rank/ Home Town/ Date Killed
Cedric E. Bruns, Lance Corporal/ Vancouver/ 5-9-03
Justin W. Hebert, Spc/ Arlington/ 8-1-03
Duane E. Longstreth, PFC/ Tacoma/ 8-7-03
Kerry D. Scott, PFC/ Mount Vernon/ 10-6-03
Benjamin J. Colgan, 1st Lt/ Kent/ 11-2-03
Robert T. Benson, Spc/ Spokane/ 11-4-03
James A. Shull, Cpt/ Kirkland/ 11-17-03
Nathan W. Nakis, Spc/ Sedro-Woolley/ 12-15-03
Curt E. Jordan Jr., Sgt/ Green Acres/ 12-28-03
Christopher Bunda, SSgt/ Bremerton/ 1-25-04
Michael R. Adams, 1st Lt/ Seattle/ 3-16-04
Jacob R. Herring, Spc/ Kirkland/ 4-28-04
Jeffrey R. Shaver, Spc/ Maple Valley/ 5-12-04
Cody S. Calavan, PFC/ Lake Stevens/ 5-29-04
Dustin L. Sides, Lance Corporal/ Yakima/ 5-31-04
Marvin Best, SSgt/ Prosser/ 6-20-04
Jeremiah W. Schmunk, Spc/ Richland/Kennewick/ 7-8-04
Gregory A. Ratzlaff, Cpt/ Olympia/ 8-3-04
Yadir G. Reynoso, Sgt/ Wapato/ 8-5-04
Kane M. Funke, Lance Corporal/ Vancouver/ 8-13-04
Caleb J. Powers, Lance Corporal/ Manfield/ 8-17-04
Jason Cook, Sgt/ Okanogan/ 8-21-04
Jacob H. Demand, Sgt/ Palouse/ 9-14-04
Steven A. Rintamaki, Corporal/ Lynnwood/ 9-16-04
Michael Lee Burbank, SSgt/ Bremerton/ 10-11-04
Jonathan J. Santos, Spc/ Bellingham/ 10-15-04
David G. Ries, SSgt/ Clark/ 11-8-04
Nathan R. Wood, Lance Corporal/ Kirkland/ 11-9-04
Blain M. Ebert, Spc/ Washtucna/ 11-22-04
Andrew M. Ward, PFC/ Kirkland/ 12-5-04
Damien T. Ficek, Sgt/ Pullman/ 12-30-04
Curtis L. Wooten III, PFC/ Spanaway/ 1-4-05
Jeffrey B. Starr, Corporal/ Snohomish/ 5-30-05
Casey Crate, SSgt/ Spanaway/ 5-30-05
Steven M. Langmack, Sgt 1st Class/ Seattle/ 5-31-05
Daniel Chavez, Lance Corporal/ Seattle/ 6-9-05
Regina R. Clark, PO 1st Class/ Centralia/ 6-23-05
Christopher W. Dickison, Spc/ Seattle/ 7-5-05
Shane C. Swanberg, Lance Corporal/ Kirkland/ 9-15-05
Lawrence E. Morrison, Sgt 1st Class/ Yakima/ 9-19-05
Joseph P. Bier, Corporal/ Centralia/ 12-7-05
Christopher J. Vanderhorn, SSgt/ Pierce/ 1-1-06
Jaime L. Campbell, 1st Lt/ Ephrata/ 1-7-06
Charles E. Matheny IV, Sgt/ Stanwood/ 2-18-06
Abraham G. Twitchell, SSgt/ Yelm/ 4-2-06
Eric D. King, Spc/ Vancouver/ 4-22-06
Devon J. Gibbons, PFC/ Port Orchard/ 6-23-06
Justin Dean Norton, Sgt/ Rainier/ 6-24-06
Jason Hanson, PFC/ Forks/ 7-29-06
Tracy L. Melvin, SSgt/ Seattle/ 8-6-06
David J. Ramsey, Spc/ Tacoma/ 9-7-06
Robb G. Needham, MSGT/ Vancouver/ 9-20-06
Velton Locklear III, Sgt/ Lacey/ 9-23-06
Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue
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2 comments:
Dude, you have to post about this senate military commissions bill, otherwise known as the cover Bush's ass for torturing innocent civilians bill. This is mission critical! The only way to stop this from happening is to get the Democratic Senators to filibuster. That means picking up the phone and calling them at 1-866-808-0065!
Tahoma,
I have posted already here I have sent this along to my whole delegation and have also called for a filibuster.
I am pleased that the Dems held pretty solidly in the House (all of the WA Dems) and I hope that Darcy Burner uses this vote against Reichert in the 8th.
Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue
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