Obituaries
10 Years of Iraq War Casualties: Citrus Heights Remembers Keicia Hines & Sean Silva
It's been 10 years since the start of the Iraq War. Citrus Heights lost two of its own in the War.
The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began 10 years ago this week -- on March 19, 2003 -- and although officially "over," fighting continues with discouraging persistence.
By one count, the war is directly responsible for 189,000 deaths, not including those who died from hardship caused by the fighting.
CNN has a stunning map of all casualties in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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In all, 4,802 Americans and allies have died in the war, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count. Among them, two soldiers from Citrus Heights:
- Keicia Melia Hines, 27. Died when she was struck by a vehicle on Mosul Airfield in Mosul, Iraq, on January 14, 2004.
- Sean Anthony Silva, 23. Killed when his unit was ambushed while on patrol by individuals using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, on October 9, 2003
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