New Journal News databases make it easier to remember fallen troops
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The Journal News has just created two databases that keep the Memorial Day spirit alive all year long,
by enabling readers to find information about members of the American armed forces killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The “Remembering Our War Dead” database currently offers information about the 15 troops from our region killed in combat, beginning with Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden (photographed on right), 22, killed in an ambush on 4/4/03, to Sgt. Merlin German (photographed below), 22,
who succumbed to severe injuries on 4/11/08, three years after an roadside bomb burned most of his body.
The “Search U.S. Forces deaths” database provides a way to search the 4,500-plus American casualties by name, hometown, year of death, and whether they served in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Try them out, and let us know what you think.
This entry was posted
on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 6:12 am by Nicole Neroulias. 
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