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Marine Lance Corporal Danel R. Wyatt - Wisconsin Military Casualty - Iraq
This entry was posted on 10/6/2008 8:18 PM and is filed under Wisconsin Military Casualties - Iraq.
Marine Lance Corporal Daniel R. Wyatt, 22 was killed due to enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on Tuesday, October 12, 2004. Wyatt had been in Iraq for a month as a U.S. Marine Corps Reservist. He was serving Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Division, Marine Forces Reserve based in Illinois. The unit was activated June 1, 2004. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Daniel was the youngest of three sons. He grew up in Racine. CNN has him listed as being from Calendonia. He signed up for the Marine Reserves after graduation. The Journal Sentinel went on to mention Wyatt wanted to be a police officer and was studying criminal justice at Milwaukee Area Technical College just before deployment to Iraq. Daniel Wyatt was the 23rd Wisconsin military service person to be killed in Iraq since the Spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
88,253 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,693 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,180 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
606 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
314 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
371 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
30,680 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
2,490 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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