The Department of Defense (DoD) has often manipulated the deaths of soldiers and Marines in Iraq by listing them as combat related and non-combat related, and even went so far not long ago as claiming a soldier killed from behind was not a combat death.
But according to the Iraq Casualties org http://icasualties.org/oif/, the most reliable source for information on deaths of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the DoD has come up with new definitions for U.S. military personnel deaths that is even more misleading and baffling.
For example: A U.S. soldier killed in Baghdad on Feb. 24 is listed as a MNF-MND solider. MNF stands for Multi National Force, and MND stands for Multi-National Division.
The deceased was an AMERICAN soldier. Why not give him that much credit in his last full measure of devotion to the United States of America?
Also, there are names of FIVE U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, but for some reason the DoD (Department of Defense) has not included their names in the official count of combat deaths in Iraq. Read the fine print under the list of five soldiers killed in Iraq.
Bill Corcoran, editor of CORKSPHERE, http://corksphere.blogspot.com/ the blog that dares to tell the truth about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD:
3969
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation:
2
Total
3971DoD Confirmation List
Latest Coalition Fatality: Feb 24, 2008
02/24/08 MNF: MND-B Soldier attacked by IED
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier was killed when an improvised explosive device struck the Soldier’s vehicle during a combat patrol in northern Baghdad Feb. 24.
Post Iraq Deaths Not Confirmed By the DoD
Name
Date
Wasielewsk, Anthony Raymond
08-Oct-2007
Cassidy, Gerald J.
25-Sep-2007
Richards, Jack D.
29-Jul-2007
Salerno III, Raymond A.
16-Jul-2006
Smith, John "Bill"
01-Oct-2005Note: The soldiers listed above died from wounds received in Iraq, however, the DoD has not included their deaths in their official count.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
NAMES OF U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ BUT NOT IN DOD COUNT OF GIS KILLED IN IRAQ
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i know a soldier who died also and her name is not posted. rjlawschool05@yahoo.com
It could be because the DoD has not released her name yet. I keep updating this list as I receive the names so keep watching and hopefully her name will show up. Sorry for your loss.
Bill Corcoran
After keeping lists of the dead for all this time, I still can never be sure I have them all. I am particularly frosted at how they hide the names of the suicides---either active duty or recently separated from service. I can't read the names I can't find, when I make my rounds of the Labyrinth.
Thanks for writing. It is very hard to get information out of the DoD. I keep updating the KIA, but the DoD has now changed the designation of those killed and refer to them as Multi National soldiers without identifying what country they are from.
Frustrating!
Im looking for Angel Camacho,his mom telling me he died july 15 in Irag,im desperate to know about it.Please help me.I dont now what I need to do.
I would contact the Department of Defense because they are the people who release the names of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
You also might want to check out this site: http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx?hndRef=4-2008
Sometimes the DoD doesn't release the names right away so the July 15 date for Angel might not show up for a few more days until all the immediate family have been notified.
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