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Marine Corporal Adrian V. Soltau - Wisconsin Military Casualty - Iraq
This entry was posted on 9/22/2008 9:02 PM and is filed under Wisconsin Military Casualties - Iraq.
Wisconsin military service person of the week Marine Corporal Adrian V. Soltau, 21 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was on his second tour of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was killed in an explosion Monday, September 13, 2004 near Fallujah, in Anbar Province, Iraq. He was killed in combat action. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel stated that Adrian followed his older brother Andre, 23, onto the football team and honor roll at Milwaukee Madison High School, then into the Marine Corps. The Journal Sentinel went on to say Corporal Soltau was nearing his time to come home. Adrian Soltau has seven siblings. He went to boot camp in August 2001 two years after his brother entered the Corps. Corporal Soltau was in Company A, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Adrian was the second graduate of Milwaukee Public Schools to die in Iraq since March of 2003. Marine Corporal Adrian Soltau was the 21st Wisconsin military service person to be killed in Iraq.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
87,643 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,676 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,172 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
601 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
314 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
370 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
30,642 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
2,451 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.
135 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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