Others Have Died This Month
Sooooooo True!!
With no disrespect intended to the Jackson family, this
sure does reveal the shallowness of our value system in this country.
While the focus today, tomorrow and for the next
God-knows-how-many-days will be the death of a pop culture icon; while
many will mourn, wail and quite literally make fools of themselves over
it and while many will speak endlessly about it, allow me, if only for a
moment, to remind us all that others have died this month; others whose
lives were cut short; others who leave behind loved ones and whose
families will dearly miss them; families who'll suffer with much more
dignity and honor than we'll be exposed to on the tube in the coming
days.
Yes... it's true... we've suffered a great loss... but forgive me while
I tell you that I'm not talking about the king of pop music.
These American military members died in Iraq this month:
Sergeant Justin J. Duffy
Specialist Christopher M. Kurth
Specialist Charles D. Parrish
Lance C or p or al Robert D. Ulmer
Staff Sergeant Edmond L. Lo
Sergeant Joshua W. Soto
Captain Kafele H. Sims
Specialist Chancell or A. Keesling
And these members of our U.S. Armed Forces died in Afghanistan
this month:
Sergeant Jones, Ricky D.
Specialist Munguia Rivas, Rodrigo A.
Command Master Chief Petty Officer Garber, Jeffrey J.
1st Sergeant Blair, John D.
Sergeant Smith, Paul G.
Staff Sergeant Melton, Joshua
Sergeant 1st Class Dupont, Kevin A.
Specialist O'Neill, Jonathan C.
Chief Warrant Officer Richardson Jr., Ricky L.
Specialist Silva, Eduardo S.
Lance C or p or al Whittle, Joshua R.
Maj or Barnes, Rocco M.
Maj or Jenrette, Kevin M.
Staff Sergeant Beale, John C.
Specialist J or dan, Jeffrey W.
Specialist Griemel, Jarrett P.
Specialist Hernandez I, Roberto A.
Sergeant Obakrairur, Jasper K.
Staff Sergeant Hall, Jeffrey A.
Private 1st Class Ogden, Matthew D.
Private 1st Class Wilson, Matthew W.
Let's remember and honor this day those whose deaths are truly
impacting. I think its more than pure accident that this all happen around the 4 th of July. Do we really thank God that we are a FREE country !!!!! or are we wrapped up in ourselves !!