3567 Reasons Why The DSM is Important

[brettdale]

There Have Been 3567 US Troops Killed in Iraq.

[frogcycle]

1. one of them

http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/06/25/news/state/news341.txt

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — For the third time in a week, a soldier from Oklahoma has died in Iraq.

Armored tank driver Spc. Derek Calhoun, 23, died when the Humvee he was riding in hit an explosive device near Baghdad on Saturday, family members confirmed.

Calhoun, who had been in Iraq for about eight months on his first tour of duty, was hurt several months ago when a car bomb exploded outside a building he was inside.

“Derek had shrapnel in his wrist, abdomen and shoulder, and they had to operate on him twice,” said Derek’s mother, Lou Calhoun. “I don’t know why he wasn’t sent home then.”

Because of his injuries, Calhoun was unable to use his right hand, Lou Calhoun said.

“Supposedly, he wasn’t supposed to be out on a mission,” Lou Calhoun said.