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Army Private First Class Sean M. Schneider - Wisconsin Military Casualty - Iraq
This entry was posted on 7/28/2008 1:24 AM and is filed under Wisconsin Military Casualties - Iraq.
Wisconsin military service person of the week
Army Private First Class Sean M. Schneider, 22, died when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, March 29, 2004. Sean had been in the region for less than a month when he was killed. At the time of Sean's death almost 600 U.S. service members had died in Iraq since the beginning of the Spring 2003 military operation there. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Schneider had worked for a concrete company in Janesville, the town where he also grew up. PFC Schneider was a 2000 graduate of Janesville J.A. Craig High School. The Journal Sentinel also mentioned he held a 2.6 grade point average and was a member of the auto mechanics club. In the Army, Sean served as a mechanic with the Army's Company A, 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division based in Fort Hood, Texas. Private First Class Sean Schneider was the 13th Wisconsin military service person to die in Iraq.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
86,423 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,496 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,125 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
556 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
314 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
337 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
30,435 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
2,257 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
91 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
11 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
130 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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