Army National Guard Specialist Charles A. Kaufman - Wisconsin Military Casualty - Iraq
This entry was posted on 3/1/2010 2:54 PM 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)
Army Specialist Charles A. Kaufman, 20, was killed when a car bomb detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, June 26, 2005. Charles was in Company C, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard. His unit was from Arcadia, Wisconsin. Kaufman was from Fairchild, Wisconsin. Fairchild is about 30 miles southeast of Eau Claire and has a population of 511. Charles Kaufman was a Humvee driver with his unit. His Charlie Company was stationed in Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Charles was known for his fondness of motorized vehicles of all sorts, and that he was also a rather good pool player. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel went on to mention Kaufman's cousin, Kelly was also in Charlie Company, and the two went through Osseo-Fairchild High School together and graduated in 2003. They had joined the same National Guard unit. Specialist Charles Kaufman was the 41st Wisconsin service member to be killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
95,568 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,378 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,383 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1000 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
649 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,693 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
5,064 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
101 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 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.
