Marine Reservist Private First Class Brent T Vroman - Wisconsin Military Casualty - Iraq
This entry was posted on 12/14/2009 4:29 AM and is filed under Wisconsin Military Casualties - Iraq.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan) This week's Wisconsin's military service person to remember is Marine Reservist Private First Class Brent T. Vroman, 21, of Oshkosh. Vroman was a riflemen on a foot patrol when attacked by an improvised explosive device fired from a vehicle in Babil Province, Iraq. Brent was in 1st Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment Expeditionary Unit, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. His company consists of about 185 Marines and were based in Yusufiya, Iraq. The unit includes Golf Company from Madison. The 2nd battalion was activated in May of 2004 and then deployed to Camp Pendleton, California. They arrived in Iraq in September for a tentative seven month tour of duty. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Vroman was a 2001 graduate of Omro High School just west of Oshkosh. He joined the Marines in 2003. Brian had a twin brother, Brian. Brent was an accomplished wrestler and he was a four-year letter winner and conference champion in his senior year. At the time of his death Brian was survived by a step-father Bill DeGroot, and brothers Bob and Brian. Private First Class Vroman was Wisconsin's 31st Wisconsin military service person killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
94,768 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,316 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,372 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
931 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
599 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,582 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,640 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
101 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
16 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
139 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention 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.
