Monday, February 2, 2009

SUPER BOWL & DEATH... FALLEN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN: STARTING THE WEEK WITH THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE: 02-02-2009

OBAMA TAKES OFFICE, STIMULUS PACKAGE, SUPER BOWL #43...
BUT THIS MONTH, JANUARY 2009, THE PENTAGON RELEASED THE NAMES OF 33 SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN:




Marine Sgt David W Wallace III, 25, of Sharpsville, PA

Marine Sgt Trevor J Johnson, 23, of Forsyth, MT

Army SPC Matthew M Pollini, 21, of Rockland MA

Army SGT Kyle J Harrington, 24, of Swansea, MA

Marine LCpl Julian T Brennan, 25, of Brooklyn, NY

Army PVT Grant A Cotting, 19, of Corona, CA

Army CWO Philip E Windorski, Jr, 35, of Bovey, MN

Army CWO Matthew G Kelley, 30, of Cameron, MO

Army CWO Joshua M Tillery, 31, of Beaverton, OR

Army CWO Benjamin H Todd, 29, of Colville, WA

NAMES RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON: AIRING WEEK OF JAN. 25, 2009

Air Force SrA Omar J McKnight, 22, of Marrero, LA

Army SSG Joshua R Townsend, 30, of Solvang , CA

Army SSG Roberto Andrade Jr, 26, of Chicago, IL

Army PFC Ricky L Turner, 20, of Athens, AL

Army SSG Carlo M Robinson, 33, of Lawton, OK

Army SPC Ezra Dawson, 31, of Las Vegas, NV

NAMES RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON: AIRING WEEK OF JAN. 18, 2009

Army PFC Christopher W Lotter, 20, of Chester Heights, Penn.

Marine LCpl Alberto Francesconi, 21, of Bronx, N.Y.

Army SSG Anthony D Davis, 29, of Daytona Beach, Fla.

Marine LCpl Jessie A Cassada, 19, of Hendersonville, N.C.

Army PVT Sean P McCune, 20, of Euless, Tex.

Marine LCpl Daniel R Bennett, 23, of Clifton, Va.

Marine Sgt Marquis R Porter, 28, of Brighton, Mass.

Army SSG Justin L Bauer, 24, of Loveland, Colo.

Army SGT Joshua L Rath, 22, of Decatur, Ala.

Army SPC Spc Keith E Essary, 20, of Dyersburg, Tenn.

Army MAJ Brian M Mescall, 33, of Hopkinton, Mass.

Army SPC Joseph M Hernandez, 24, of Hammond, Ind.

Army SGT Jason R Parsons, 24, of Lenoir, N.C.

NAMES RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON: AIRED WEEK OF JAN. 4, 2009

Army CPL Charles P Gaffney Jr, 42, of Phoenix, Ariz.

Marine LCpl Robert L Johnson, 21, of Central Point, Or.

Army SPC Tony J Gonzales, 20, of Newman, Calif.

Army PVT Benjamin B Tollefson, 22, of Concord, Calif.