Commander-in-Chief Barack H. Obama marked a sad, and unnoticed (except for our website), milestone on February 13th, 2010. That’s the day when three brave men died in Afghanistan, becoming the 500th, 501st and 502nd soldiers to die under Obama’s command.
The Department of Defense officially announced the names of those men today:
- Staff Sgt. John A. Reiners, 24, of Lakeland, Fla.; died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device Feb. 13 in Zhari province, Afghanistan. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
- Sgt. Jeremiah T. Wittman, 26, of Darby, Mont.; died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device Feb. 13 in Zhari province, Afghanistan. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
- Spc. Bobby J. Pagan, 23, of Austin, Texas. died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device Feb. 13 in Zhari province, Afghanistan. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
The Ledger.com says Reiners leaves behind a wife, Casey, and a two-year-old son, Lex. Someday, Lex will hear about the hero his father was. Every day, Lex will will join Casey in wishing they could trade the hero story for having John by their side.
Ledger.com Photo: Greg and Robin Reiners hold photo of their son and his bride Casey.
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KKTV 11 reports…
Fort Carson tells 11 News 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Reiners was serving his third tour when he was killed. He served two previous tours in Iraq since he joined the Army in 2004. He had been awarded more than a dozen medals of honor, including the coveted Purple Heart. He was a native of of Lakeland, Florida.
Sgt. Wittman, 26, was serving his second tour when he died on February 13. He served in Iraq from 2004-2005. He was awarded several medals from the Army, including two Army Good Conduct Medal and a National Defense Service Medal. He was a native of Darby, Montana.
Spc. Bobby Pagan, of Austin, Texas was serving his first tour. The 23-year-old joined the Army in July of 2008. He was awarded six Army medals, including the National Defense Service Medal.
We have listed the names in the order they were released by the Department of Defense. While these three brave young men all died together, this is the reason we list Reiners first and note him as the 500th. 506 brave fighting men and women have now paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country during President Obama’s term. Each and every one of them is a terrible and tragic loss.
TO SEE THE ENTIRE LIST OF BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES SINCE JANUARY 20TH, 2009, CLICK HERE. We constantly update the list, so you can bookmark us and check back often. Our list is the one Conservative Talk Radio Star Mark Levin spoke of on his radio show.
ConservativeAmerican.org’s “Obama Death Count” raises some eyebrows and has caused some controversy. Five days in to Obama’s presidency, we decided we do something admittedly absurd to demonstrate the absurdity of the liberal anti-war leftists. Remember all the Bush Death Count announcements there were when George W. Bush was president? Nightly newscasts featured the latest counts, pictures and names. There was special coverage every time a nice round number of deaths was reached, almost as if it was something to “celebrate,” another weapon in the arsenal used to campaign for Barack Obama. This was absurd. Where are all of those counts now? Isn’t the war still an issue? Aren’t the deaths still terrible? Why is the media no longer interested? Remember Charlie Hubris Gibson saying that the lady he covered camping outside of Bush’s home was no longer news and should just get over it now that Obama is in? It’s nonsense, of course. Our Obama Death Count is not politicizing the deaths of any soldier. ConservativeAmerican.org started the “Obama Death Count” to fairly, and honestly, demonstrate the absurdity of the death counts that went on while George Bush was President. Don’t think it’s fair, or right to do this?
Did you complain about the New York Times? Here’s how the New York Times covered the 500th Afghan war death under George W. Bush. Let’s see if they even mention this 500th death under Barack H. Obama.
See the original “Obama Death Count” story by clicking here. This was first posted on January 25th, 2009. It continues to be misunderstood by those who don’t take time to read the piece and make foolish claims that we are blaming Obama for the Iraq war. So, a word to the wise who will no doubt try to blast us for this story as well… read the story about the Obama Death Count to get your facts correct!
We are not blaming Obama-Biden for the Iraq war, despite Joey Buttufuoco Biden’s attempts this week to credit for the success of the Iraq war. He stated, “I am very optimistic about — about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration.” It’s Scandal # 1,146 on our Official Obama Administration Scandals List, a complete list of lies, broken promises, flip flops and scandals from Team Obama. The list includes numerous broken promises to end the Iraq war and bring all troops home.
In fact, President Obama repeated his lie about brining “all” of the troops home in his recent State of the Union address: “2010 State of Obama # 20 – Lied About Troops Coming Home 1/27/2010 – The President said “All of our troops are coming home.” Oops. That’s a lie (where was Joe Wilson?). He “forgot” about the 50,000 troops he intends to leave behind in Iraq for an open-ended commitment. It’s number 1,064 on the Obama List.
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