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Army Ranger Specialist Robert J. Cook - Wisconsin Military Casualty - Afghanistan
This entry was posted on 7/21/2008 6:26 AM and is filed under Wisconsin Military Casualties - Afghanistan.
Wisconsin military service person of the week
Army Ranger Specialist Robert J. Cook, 24. He was killed in an explosion at a weapons cache west of Ghazni, Afghanistan, near the village of Dege Hendu, about 90 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul on Thursday, January 29, 2004. Specialist Cook was sent to Afghanistan in August of 2003. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Robert graduated from Sun Prairie High School in 1997. Cook played football and was a defensive tackle when the team went to the state championship in 1995 and won the state football championship for Sun Prairie. After high school Robert spent three years working in construction and carpentry. Cook joined the Army in 2000. His first duty station was in New York. At the time of his death, Cook was assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. Robert is survived by his mother Sandra Selheim and a sister. Specialist Robert J. Cook was Wisconsin's first soldier to die in the Afghanistan War.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
86,120 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,461 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,125 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
554 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
314 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
332 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
30,409 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
2,205 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
90 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
11 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
129 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
15 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Soldier of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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