Names of the Dead

Published: December 8, 2006

The Department of Defense has identified 2,900 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans yesterday:

HAINES, Kenneth W., 25, Specialist, Army; Fulton, N.Y.; First Cavalry Division.

HESS, Jordan W., 26, Specialist, Army; Marysville, Wash.; First Infantry Division.

LOVE, Robert L. Jr., 28, Staff Sgt., Army; Meridian, Miss.; First Armored Division.

MILLER, Marco L., 36, Specialist, Army; Longwood, Fla.; 20th Special Forces Group.

RYNDYCH, Yevgeniy, 24, Sgt., Army; Brooklyn; Second Infantry Division.