At an Army press conference at Fort Hood, the names of the 13 victims from the shooting rampage were read out loud. A spokesperson said these were more than names, they were heroes.
The fatal victims of the Ft. Hood shooting, as released by the Department of Defense on Saturday:
Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, 55, Havre de Grace, MD
Maj. Libardo Caraveo, 52, Woodbridge, VA
Cpt. John P. Gaffaney, 54, San Diego, CA
Cpt. Russell Seager, 41, Racine, WI
Staff Sgt. Justin Decrow, 32, Plymouth, IN
Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, Kiel, WI
Spc. Jason Hunt, 22, Tillman, OK
Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, Mountain City, TN
PFC Aaron Nemelka, 19, West Jordan, UT
PFC Michael Pearson, 22, Bolingbrook, IL
PFC Kham Xiong, 23, St. Paul, MN
Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, Chicago, IL
Michael G. Cahill, Cameron, TX [civilian]
Day is done,
gone the sun,
from the lakes
from the hills
from the sky,
all is well,
safely, rest,
God is near.
Fading light,
Dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky
Gleaming bright,
From afar,
Drawing, near,
Falls the night.
Thanks and praise,
For our days,
Neath the sun
Neath the stars
Neath the sky,
As we go,
This, we, know,
God is near.
Anysoldier.com compiled a list of wounded from various news reports as follows
http://www.anysoldier.com/WhereToSend/
Sgt. Patrick Blue III, 23, of Belcourt, N.D., was hit in the side by bullet fragments during the attack
Amber Bahr, 19, of Random Lake, Wis., was shot in the stomach.
Keara Bono Torkelson, 21, of Ostego, Mo., was shot in the back left shoulder.
Alan Carroll, 20, of Bridgewater, N.J., was shot three times.
Reservist Dorothy “Dorrie” Carskadon of Rockford, Ill., was critically injured.
Staff Sgt. Joy Clark, 27, of Des Moines suffered a gunshot wound
Spc. Matthew Cook, 30, of Binghamton, N.Y., was shot in the abdomen
Staff Sgt. Chad Davis of Eufaula, Ala., was wounded.(?? one of ours? attempting to find out…)
Pvt. Joey Foster, 21, of Ogden, Utah, was shot in the hip
Cpl. Nathan Hewitt, 26, of West Lafayette, Ind.
Pvt. Najee Hull, 21, of Chicago was shot three times, once in the leg and twice in the back.
Justin Johnson, 21, of Punta Gorda, Fla., was shot in the chest and leg.
Staff. Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, of Richmond County, N.C., was shot multiple times.
Shawn Manning, 33, formerly of Redman, Ore., was shot six times
Army 2nd Lt. Brandy Mason, of Monessen, was wounded.
Reserve Spc. Grant Moxon, 23, of Lodi, Wis., was shot in the leg.
Sgt. Kimberly Munley, 34, of Killeen is the Fort Hood civilian police officer who was shot multiple times by the suspect.
Sgt. John Pagel, 28, of North Freedom, Wis., who was shot in the arm and chest.
Chief Warrant Officer Chris Royal, 38, of Eclectic, Ala., was shot three times.
Maj. Randy Royer of Dothan, Ala., was shot.
Pvt. Raymondo “Ray” Saucedo, 26, of Greenville, Mich., had a bullet graze his arm.
George Stratton III, 18, of Post Falls, Idaho, was shot in the shoulder.
Patrick Zeigler, 28, of Orange County, Fla., was critically wounded
This was a horrendous ordeal. Why someone could just snap like that is beyond comprehension, but the media forgets there was one more fatality-the worst of all-an unborn child. One of ladies who was killed was pregnant. He took all these innocent lives and hurt so many families, who now will never be the same. It hurts my heart because I have so many military members in my family and I consider the military my family, even though I’ve never “served” myself. I hope that God will give all these families comfort and understanding in the many hard days ahead and know that their loved ones were heroes-one and all. God Bless the fallen and the injured.
These soldiers and civilians were KIA and WIA. They were casualties in a war. More than a terrorist act, this was a battle in our war with islam. These were not collateral casualties. These were targeted casualties. This is why Americans need to be armed. The Second Amendment is one of our weapons in this global war.
I wasn’t going to put my two cents in it’s painful and it doesn’t salve the sorrow or the loss.
look at what Ft, Hood alone has dealt with for years; http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/02/the_list_fort_hood_casualties.html
Now this!!!
Thanks Chrissie. Agreed Lynn and Tom.
Our 13 slaughtered patriots are now 10 miles away from our home in the 436th MAW Mortuary Affairs building. They didn’t have a chance. Didn’t ~AA11~ hijacker Mohamad Atta yell “Allah Ackbar” before he flew into the North Twin Tower at 08:46 a.m. on 9-11-01? – The Religion Of Peace 2001/2009?
they say they were killed , I say again, no they were murdered. They had no weapons and were un armed. They were at home, where their safety is supposed to be guaranteed. They were at home where they were to relax, unsuspecting of what was to happen, NO, They were murdered by the worst enemy of all, one in there own ranks.
Which means the Jihadi was the enemy dressed in our clothes, therefore, he should be tried as a spy and if not spy a traitor of the worst kind and summarily executed, by rope.
Worst of all Obama knows this man, the jihadi worked for the obama transition team.