2,000: The Fallen in Iraq

War claims 14th Long Island son

Army Spc. Robert Pope was stationed in Iraq, and dreamed of marrying his fiancee in a church. But he had another concern, too: her security.

Forever in memories lie LI's own war heroes

The life of Jared Kremm, the Long Island Marine killed in Iraq two weeks ago, came full circle yesterday.

School honors soldier's bravery

Just past the front door of Brentwood High School are three wood-framed photographs on a cement block wall.

'An angel walking among us'

Jacquelynn Soldano stood quietly in a hallway of an East Islip funeral home yesterday, holding and admiring a collage honoring her brother Jared Kremm.

October is fourth most lethal month in Iraq

A car bomb spewed fire and shrapnel through a crowded market in the southern city of Basra last night, killing at least 20 people. Earlier, guerrillas' bombs killed seven U.S. soldiers in the Baghdad region, and U.S. bombs killed at least a half-dozen civilians in a remote western town.

A mother soldiers on

Cathy Heighter has decided to take a time out.

He served with pride

When Jared Kremm was a child, his grandfather told him stories about fighting in a foxhole. He saw photographs of his uncle and his grandfather taken 50 years apart at boot camp in Parris Island, S.C.

Coming home to heal the scars of war

Sgt. First Class Arnold Reyes, finally back home last month after a year in Iraq, wanted to make time to be fully present with his young daughter.

Counting nation's loss, one by one

An Army sergeant from Killeen, Texas, has become the 2,000th American soldier reported killed in the Iraq war.

2,000: THE FALLEN IN IRAQ

Portraits of the casualties of war

Pfc. Hernando Rios had never expected to join the military. Then the 29-year-old Woodside resident lost his job as a supervisor of janitors because the cleaning solvents irritated his asthma. To support his three young daughters, he joined the New York National Guard last year and was promptly sent to Iraq.

COMMENTARY

Ellis Henican: Two thousand dead - and for what?

Two thousand is too many names already. Elaine Brower is certain about that.

2,000: THE FALLEN IN IRAQ

From depth of dad's loss, generosity, hope arise

There are too many soldiers for Leonard Wahl.

Troops killed in war

The Cost of War