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Louisiana's Fallen
2007-03-19
As the sun slipped below the horizon and the breeze quickened Sunday, the names of the fallen heroes were called. Some at the vigil wept, some prayed and others just stared as thousands of candles flickered on the grounds of the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge. The 3,200 candles represented America’s estimated sacrifice: those servicemen and servicewomen whose lives ended during the Iraq War.

2007-03-18
When U.S. Marine Sgt. Jeffrey Kirk’s mother warned that he could die in combat, he simply said: “At least I would die doing what I wanted to do with my life.” Many Louisiana mothers and fathers or wives and husbands have had such talks with sons, daughters or spouses headed to Iraq to fight a war that began four years ago tomorrow. But for Kirk — one of 76 Louisianans who have died in Iraq since March 19, 2003 — that discussion was prophetic. On Dec. 12, 2004, just days after the 24-year-old newlywed rejoined his unit, Kirk was killed leading Marines searching for insurgents.

This map shows the hometowns of all military personnel from Louisiana killed in Iraq since the start of the war on March 19, 2003. The number assigned to each person corresponds to a number on the map. The numbers are arranged according to date of the casualty from the earliest to the most recent.

This page is dedicated to the Louisiana soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who have died in Iraq since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

This page is dedicated to the Louisiana soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who have died in Iraq since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.



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