21 US Soldiers Killed in Iraq This Week

UPDATE (9/17 6:30EST): One Marine killed on Friday. UPDATE (9/16 8pm EST): The number keeps rising. Recently, the Department of Defense and CentCom have made a habit out of not reporting US fatalities in Iraq until days if not weeks after they occur. This week was especially bloody and silent. Since Sunday, twenty US soldiers have been killed in Iraq. They are: 1st Lt. Tyler H. Brown Maj. Kevin M. Shea Sgt. Jacob H. Demand Lance Cpl. Cesar F. Machado-Olmos Lance Cpl. Dominic C. Brown Lance Cpl. Michael J. Halal Staff Sgt. Guy S. Hagy Sgt. Carl Thomas Staff Sgt. David J. Weisenburg Spc. Benjamin W. Isenberg Lance Cpl. Mathew D. Puckett 1st Lt. Alexander E. Wetherbee Pfc. Jason T. Poindexter Cpl. Adrian V. Soltau Cpl. Jaygee Meluat 1st Lieutenant Andrew K. Stern Lance Cpl. Drew M. Uhles Three still unnamed The DoD's new press tactics have helped to keep these soldiers' names under the media's radar.