[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9241]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        2,000 AMERICAN FATALITIES IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, last Thursday, June 14, marked the 
2,000th American fatality in Operation Enduring Freedom. Today, that 
number is now 2,004 OEF fatalities, of which 1,887 happened in 
Afghanistan. Suicide rates by our veterans are now one every day. This 
is the human cost of war. It is heartbreaking. Forty-three hail from 
Massachusetts, including eight from my district. These are not just 
statistics. They were living, breathing men and women in uniform.
  At this solemn moment, I would like to send my condolences to the 
families of:
  Army Private Brian Moquin, Jr., 19 years old, Worcester; Army Master 
Sergeant Shawn Simmons, 39, Ashland; Army Major Brian Mescall, 33, 
Hopkinton; Marine Captain Kyle Van De Giesen, 29, North Attleboro; U.S. 
Air National Guard Sergeant Robert Barrett, 21, Fall River; Army 
Specialist Scott Andrews, 21, Fall River; U.S. Army National Guard 
Private 1st Class Ethan Goncalo, 21, Fall River; and Air Force Major 
David Brodeur, 34, Auburn.
  You are not forgotten.

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