U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As of Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at least 4,414 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,907 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s weekly tally.

U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq

Latest identification:

Army Spc. Faith R. Hinkley, 23, Colorado Springs, Colo., died Aug. 7, 2010 in Baghdad, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit in Iskandariya, Iraq. She was assigned to the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

As of Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at least 1,123 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 7,284 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s weekly tally.

Latest identifications:

Army Master Sgt. Jared N. Van Aalst, 34, Laconia, N.H., died Aug. 4, 2010 in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained while his unit was conducting combat operations. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin M. Cornelius, 20, Ashtabula, Ohio, died Aug. 7, 2010 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Cpl. Max W. Donahue, 23, Highlands Ranch, Colo., died Aug. 7, 2010 of wounds received Aug. 4 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Marine Pfc. Vincent E. Gammone III, 19, Christiana, Tenn., died Aug. 7, 2010 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Army Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe II, 23, Plant City, Fla., died Aug. 8, 2010 in Akhtar-Mohammad-Khan, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Sgt. Andrew C. Nicol, 23, Kensington, N.H., died Aug. 8, 2010 at Zhari Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.

Army Pfc. Bradley D. Rappuhn, 24, Grand Ledge, Mich., died Aug. 8, 2010 at Zhari Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — August 10, 2009

After years of praising George W. Bush as a man of resolve, former vice president Richard B. Cheney now hints at a less flattering opinion of him. (Photo credit: Washington Post — Roger L. Wollenberg / Bloomberg News)

Dick Cheney Personality Profile

One-year retrospective: One year ago today, I released the results of a psychological assessment of former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney, conducted at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics. The key finding of the study was that Vice President Cheney’s most prominent personality patterns (or traits) are high levels of Conscientiousness and Dominance. The study shed light on the extraordinary degree of power and influence Vice President Cheney exercised in the Bush administration and the former vice president’s apparent reluctance to follow the lead of former President George W. Bush to depart from the political arena upon completing his term of office.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — August 10, 2008

Pam and Tim (13) packing up at the St. Joseph trailhead of the Lake Wobegon Trial at the end of our 20-mile trek from Freeport to St. Joe.

On the Campaign Trail: Day 27

Two-year retrospective: Two years ago today, on the 27th day of my 2008 campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, I featured a St. Cloud Times news report about the first leg of my 100-mile walking tour of the Sixth District from Freeport to St. Joseph, Minn.