VOLUME 3, ISSUE 319 | May 6 – 12, 2004
WHAT BUSH WROUGHT
Confirmed Dead and Wounded
April 29-May 5, 2004
In Iraq
The following members of the United States Armed Forces died this past week in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since the inception of hostilities, 760 service members have died, 620 of them since Pres. George W. Bush declared an end to major combat operations on May 1, 2003. Thus far, 4,133 service members have been wounded in action.
MICHAEL C. ANDERSON, 36
Petty Officer 2nd Class, Navy
Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 14
Daytona, Florida
RONALD E. BAUM, 38
Gunnery Sergeant, Marines
2nd Intelligence Battalion
2nd Marine Division
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
ERVIN CARADINE, JR., 33
Specialist, Army
91st Engineer Battalion
1st Cavalry Division
Memphis, Tennessee
JEREMY L. DREXLER, 23
Private, Army
91st Engineer Battalion
1st Cavalry Division
Topeka, Kansas
ADAM W. ESTEP, 23
Sergeant, Army
5th Infantry Regiment
1st Cavalry Division
Campbell, California
RONALD A. GINTHER, 37
Petty Officer 3rd Class, Navy
Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 14
Auburndale, Florida
ROBERT B. JENKINS, 35
Petty Officer 2nd Class, Navy
Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 14
Stuart, Florida
JACOB R. HERRING, 21
Specialist, Army
3rd Brigade Combat Team
2nd Infantry Division
Kirkland, Washington
JOSHUA S. LADD, 20
Sergeant
National Guard
367th Maintenance Company
Fort Gibson, Mississippi
SCOTT R. MCHUGH, 33
Petty Officer 2nd Class, Navy
Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 14
Boca Raton, Florida
TODD E. NUNES, 29
Staff Sergeant, Army
21st Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Division
Chapel Hills, Tennessee
ERICKSON H. PETTY, 28
Staff Sergeant, Army
35th Armor Regiment
1st Armored Division
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
JOHN E. TIPTON, 32
Captain, Army
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
SCOTT M. VINCENT, 21
Corporal, Marines
2nd Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd Marine Division
Bokoshe, Oklahoma
MARQUIS A. WHITAKER, 20
Private First Class
Army
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Columbus, Georgia
JOSHUA S. WILFONG, 22
Corporal, Marines
2nd Combat Engineer Battalion
2nd Marine Division
Walker, West Virginia
In Afghanistan
Since the inception of hostilities, 120 service members have died and 286 have been wounded in action.
PHILLIP L. WITKOWSKI, 24
Specialist, Army
7th Field Artillery
25th Infantry Division
Fredonia, New York
