St. Augustine People for Peace and Justice

Below is a link to download a list of American military losses in the wars/ocupations in Iraq and Afhanistan. This is the lists we use in our vigils.

These lists were compiled from information on the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count website, Department of Defense News Releases and supplemented with information from mainstream media.
The names of civilian employees of the military, CIA employees, and CIA private contractors have been removed from the Department of Defense list.
Army Specialist Ahmed Qusai al-Tai has been added. He was reported as MIA/POW on 10/23/06 in Iraq after he was captured by the Mahdi Army.
Army Private First Class Bowe R. Bergdahl has been added. He was reported as MIA/POW on 06/30/09 in Afghanistan after he was captured by the Taliban.
These lists do not include the following types of deaths:

Some of those who were medically evacuated from the combat zones following non-combat related injuries and subsequently died from their injuries.
Some of those who died from as result of complications from their injuries after returning to duty or being discharged.
Those who died directly or indirectly as a result of undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, untreated or maltreated PTSD and/or TBI.

The following names have been added to the list. They fall in the above categories. Their deaths have been reported in the mainstream media but are not listed by the Department of Defense.

John "Bill" Smith, 23, Army Sergeant, 10/01/05, Iraq - details
Raymond A. Salerno III, 27, Army Specialist, 07/16/06, Iraq - details
Jack D. Richards, 39, Army Staff Sergeant, 07/29/07, Iraq - details
Gerald J. Cassidy, 32, Army National Guard Sergeant, 09/25/07, Iraq - details
Anthony Raymond Wasielewski, 50, Army Reserve Sergeant First Class, 10/08/07, Iraq - details
James W. McDonald, 26, Army Sergeant, 11/12/07, Iraq - details
Henry Timothy Vakoc, 49, Army Major, 06/20/09, Iraq - details
Jacob W. Sexton, 21, Army National Guard Specialist, 10/12/09, Afghanistan - details