Our War Dead
Marine Capt. Kyle VanDeGiesen
10.26.2009
VanDeGiesen, 29, a North Attleboro High School football hero who followed his dream of joining the Marines to become a pilot, was killed just before sunrise when the helicopter he was piloting and another U.S. Marine helicopter collided over the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand.
Navy Lt. j.g. Francis L. Toner IV
3.27.2009
Toner, 26, of Narragansett, who worked as a garrison engineer at Camp Shaheen in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, was shot and killed along with a Navy nurse by an insurgent.
Sailor with Rhode Island ties killed in Afghanistan
Video: The Toners talk about their son who was killed in Afghanistan
Army Sgt. Kyle J. Harrington
1.24.2009
Harrington, 24, who grew up in Swansea, Mass., and was serving in the 542nd Maintenance Company, 80th Ordnance Battalion, 593rd Sustainment Brigade, out of Fort Lewis, Wash., died in Basra, Iraq, when someone in his unit backed over him with a forklift. That accident is under investigation.
Swansea soldier on duty in Iraq killed in accident
Family who lost son praying for soldiers Post a tribute
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Sen. Whitehouse detects an air of confidence among U.S. troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Back from a brief tour of Afghanistan, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Monday that “the baseline” of progress in the U.S. war effort there is better than it might appear from news coverage of rising casualties and the sharp disagreement over how the Obama administration should proceed.
Marine Sgt. Michael Ferschke
8.12.2008
Woonsocket-born Ferschke, 22, a team leader and radio operator in the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, was fatally wounded in a gun battle while conducting a house-to-house search in Fallujah.
Special Agent Nathan J. Schuldheiss
11.01.2007
Army Sgt. Michael P. Weidemann
10.31.2006
Marine Lance Cpl. Eric P. Valdepeñas
9.4.2006
Army Sgt. Moises Jazmin
8.27.2006
Staff Sgt. Dale James Kelly Jr.
5.6.2006
Marine Cpl. Brian St. Germain
4.2.2006
Army Sgt. Dennis J. Flanagan
1.20.2006
Marine Lance Cpl. Nickolas D. Schiavoni
11.15.2005
Army 2nd Lt. Matthew S. Coutu
6.27.2005
Marine Lance Cpl. Holly A. Charette
6.23.2005
Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel
11.19.2004
R.I. Army Reserve Spc. Bryan L. Freeman
11.8.2004
Sgt. Christopher S. Potts
10.3.2004
Marine Lance Cpl. John J. VanGyzen IV
7.5.2004
Army Capt. Christopher S. Cash
6.24.2004Video: A dedication ceremony in honor of Capt. Cash
Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew K. Serio
4.5.2004
Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson
3.30.2004
Pastor John L. Kelley
2.14.2004
Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Mancini
1.29.2004
Army Capt. Matthew August
1.27.2004
Chief Warrant Officer Sharon Swartworth
11.7.2003
Spc. Michael Andrade
9.24.2003
Army Sgt. Gregory A. Belanger
8.27.2003
Sgt. Charles Todd Caldwell
9.1.2003
Sgt. Joseph Camara
9.1.2003
Capt. Benjamin W. Sammis
4.4.2003
Marine 1st Lt. Brian McPhillips
4.4.2003
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8 arrested after protest against war
at R.I. Guard office
PROVIDENCE -- About 25 people protested the war in Iraq on its fifth anniversary, in front of an Army National Guard recruiting office next to the Providence Performing Arts Center.
Your Turn: What have we accomplished in Iraq?
Sen. Whitehouse criticizes Bush on war's anniversary, march planned in Providence












