13 Soldiers killed last week in Afghanistan

6-02-2012 NATO NAME NOT RELEASED YET Not reported yet 0 Hostile - hostile fire Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan ISAF Not reported yet Not reported yet Not reported yet Not reported yet

6-01-2012 UK Thacker, Michael John Corporal 27 Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire Helmand Nahr-e Saraj District British Army Wales Swindon, Wiltshire 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh Not reported yet

5-31-2012 US Povilaitis, Alexander G. Staff Sergeant 47 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Kandahar Kandahar U.S. Army Georgia Dawsonville 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA

5-31-2012 US Witsman, Joshua Lance Corporal 23 Hostile - hostile fire Southern Afghanistan Southern Afghanistan U.S. Marine Indiana Not reported yet Not reported yet Not reported yet

5-30-2012 US Brazas, Sean E. Petty Officer 2nd Class 26 Hostile - hostile fire Kandahar Panjwa’i District U.S. Navy North Carolina Greensboro Naval Base Kitsap Security Detachment Bremerton, WA

5-30-2012 US Olivas, Nicholas H. Corporal 20 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Kandahar Zharay U.S. Army Ohio Fairfield 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, NC

5-28-2012 US Chase, Julian C. Sergeant 22 Hostile - hostile fire Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Maryland Edgewater 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Okinawa, Japan

5-28-2012 US Pratt, John C. Chief Warrant Officer 51 Non-Hostile - Helicopter crash Kabul Kabul U.S. Army Virginia Springfield 12th Combat Aviation Brigade Ansbach, Germany

5-28-2012 US Brainard III, John "Jay" R. Captain 26 Non-Hostile - Helicopter crash Kabul Kabul U.S. Army Maine Dover-Foxcroft 12th Combat Aviation Brigade Ansbach, Germany

5-27-2012 US Deronde III, Leroy Private 1st Class 22 Hostile - hostile fire Wardak Chak-E Warkdak District U.S. Army New Jersey Jersey City 125th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Fort Bliss, TX

5-27-2012 US Jacobs, Kedith L. Specialist 21 Hostile - hostile fire Wardak Chak-E Warkdak District U.S. Army Colorado Denver 125th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Fort Bliss, TX

5-27-2012 US Sutton, Steven G. Lance Corporal 24 Hostile - hostile fire Helmand Helmand U.S. Marine Georgia Leesburg 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune, NC

5-27-2012 us Tautolo, Tofiga J. Specialist 23 Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Kandahar Bati Kot U.S. Army California Wilmington 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

In all of May, 2012, 37 American Soldiers died: http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/search?year_month=2012-05

I think it important--very important--we always keep this in mind--daily, weekly, monthly.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." --Edmund Burke

Link: http://icasualties.org/OEF/Index.aspx