any info.. on a jonathan raye, army 20 years, black male, died in iraq january 2006, in his 40's?
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the insurgents still have his body
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If he was a British serviceman then you should try to get information from the British Ministry of Defence.
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I loved that show. It was very sad when Jonathan Brandis took his own life.  He was the young boy on the show.
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I googled "Gordon Pruitt United Methodist Church VA" and found his name and email address on this page\n\nhttp://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/003523.php
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Yahoo News:\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060620155839
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Not sure if this will help, but my father is also deceased my son and I wanted to know more about his military career.  We found a web site to request his military records.  I cannot remember the website but I have the mailing address.  It took about 2 weeks and his records came to me in the mail.\n\nNational Personnel Records Center\nMilitary Personnel Records\n9700 Page Avenue\nSt. Louis, MO 63132-5100\n\nI am sure if you do a search on the name you will find the web site, but you have to have his social security number.  I truly hope this helps you out.  I am in your shoes, ever since I remarried a US Army soldier and we now live on a military base, my 14 year old son has taken a big interest in finding out about my dad's military career.  \n\nGood luck to you:)\n\nGOD BLESS OUR TROOPS\n\nP.S.  I just found the website, www.archives.gov
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Fialko David Andrew Jr  PFC  Marines  Bridgeport  CT  November 14, 1968  S.Vietnam  December 4, 1949  hostile, killed \nSOURCE: Combat Area Casualties Current Files (CACCF) (machine-readable record), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330.  \n\nOnly 19 years old..... *sigh*\n\nYou may find these sites helpful as a beginning (in order of relevance, the first one contained the above):\nhttp://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/vietnam.php\nhttp://www.geocities.com/tlwolf98/marine16.html\nhttp://www.vetfriends.com/?source=google500c\nhttp://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib64.htm\n\nMany states maintain an archive such as this:\nhttp://www.archives.gov/research/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/nv-alpha.html\n\n\nHowever, the US depatment of Veteran's Affairs will be the place to request detailed information from. Remember, they will only be likely to provide information already available to the public. If you know what state David was from, you can contact the department local to him.
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James Earl Ray, convicted King assassin, dies\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/US/9804/23/ray.obit/\n\nhttp://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/ray/1.html\n\nAmerican criminal who pleaded guilty to the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was sentenced to 99 years in prison, and spent the rest of his life demanding a trial, claiming that his confession had been coerced and that he had been a pawn in a larger conspiracy (b. March 10, 1928, Alton, Ill.--d. April 23, 1998, Nashville, Tenn.).\n\nhttp://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9124043/Ray-James-Earl\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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I was there, still have flashbacks from that day...I lost Johnson, he was under my command. He was 19yrs old. When I rotated back to the world, I had to tell his family, mother, father, wife and his young son who he never met. I will never forget it.
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military.com  then u can find him and the current status .  u better give me 10 points
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Yes. Hmmm... I wonder why immigration is suddenly such a big deal and the war is on page 6A??? Could it be an election year? Anyway, yeah it makes me sad, but it is also sad that no one ever asks how many Iraqi civillians have died.
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None. He died of a self inflicted gun shot wound to the head several years ago after a bout with drug addiction.  His son became a successful actor however and is very much alive and well.
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try googeling "military .com" this can hepl if you know what unit he was in. ... otherwise , no dont ring a bell.... try just googeling his name ... i found a friend that way
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I hope this helps:\n\n\nThe American troops likeliest to fight and die in a war against Iraq are disproportionately white, not black, military statistics show — contradicting a belief widely held since the early days of the Vietnam War. \n\nIn a little-publicized trend, black recruits have gravitated toward non-combat jobs that provide marketable skills for post-military careers, while white soldiers are over-represented in front-line combat forces.\n\nThe tilt toward white combat troops is recognized by many senior commanders and a small group of scholars who study the military.\n\n"If anybody should be complaining about battlefield deaths, it is poor, rural whites," says Charles Moskos, a military sociologist at Northwestern University in Illinois.\n\nWhen Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., called recently for the return of a military draft, he evoked images of inequality raised during the early years of the Vietnam War, when black soldiers died at rates much greater than their share of the U.S. population. \n\nThough Rangel is right that blacks and lower-income Americans still serve in disproportionate numbers, that fact misses another significant trend. While blacks are 20% of the military — compared with 12% of the U.S. population — they make up a far smaller percentage of troops in combat jobs on the front line.\n\nIn a host of high-risk slots — from Army commandos to Navy and Air Force fighter pilots — blacks constitute less than 5% of the force, statistics show.\n\nBlacks, especially in the enlisted ranks, tend to be disproportionately drawn to non-combat fields such as unit administration and communications. They are underrepresented in jobs shooting rifles or dropping bombs. \n\nExamples:\n\nOf the Army's 45,586 enlisted combat infantryman, 10.6% are black. \n\nOf the Air Force's 12,000 pilots, 245, or about 2%, are black. \n\nIn the Navy, 2.5% of the pilots are black. \n\nSenior Air Force officials say they are troubled by the number of black pilots and plan to do better.\n\nThe Army's enlisted Green Berets are among the least diverse groups in the military. Only 196 of the Army's 4,278 enlisted Green Berets — fewer than 5% — are black. \n\nThe reasons for the racial divide are unclear, but several theories have emerged, including lingering racism in some quarters of the military and a tendency among black recruits to choose jobs that help them find work in the civilian sector.
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Very thoughtful.  You did not mention if he were still alive or what branch of service he had served.  He might have registered his DD214 with the Hall of Records I would check there first if not, go to http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html  then you can request it on line at their web page; fax it or write them.  If after you receive your DD214 you need awards and medals download a Form SF 180 Requests Pertaining to Military Records, http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/replacement-medals.html   complete it and send to one of the following:\n\nBureau of Naval Personnel  (Navy, Coast guard and Marines)\nLiaison Office Room 5409\n9700 Page Avenue\nSt. Louis, MO 63132-5100\n\nNational Personnel Records Center  (Air Force)\nAir Force Reference Branch (NRPMF)\n9700 Page Avenue\nSt. Louis, MO 63132-5100\n\nNational Personnel Records Center   (Army)\nMedals Section (NRPMA-M)\n9700 Page Avenue\nSt. Louis, MO 63132-5100\n\nBest of luck.  Thank-you and God Bless you and the Southern People.
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I was in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.  It was bleak.  After the war ended, many, many, many families were left homeless.  We had hundreds of Iraqi soldiers surrendering to us every day, just to get some food.  We helped many Iraqi families flee from Iraq into Saudi Arabia.  The skies black from all of the oil fields burning in neighboring Kuwait.  I lost a good friend there.
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Im currently serving in Iraq with the army, and I truly believe it's not the american people worrying about the way he died. The american people are fine in knowing that the evil witch is dead. But the press is going to make it a big hype for the the next best story. The american press Sucks! I am in great dislike knowing the means that they go to, to get a story. I mean look at this marine ordeal, they have considered them all guilty before even a trial. When if you would do some research you would see the fact so far to them killing innocent people intentionally are discredited. My suggestion is quit worry about what these idiots care about and educate yourself on true facts. Go to www.boredsoldier.blogspot.com Thats a site my friend here in Iraq has started, hear your news from soldiers. Not a peanut gallery that knows only propaganda!