This Week notes the passings of actor John Forsythe, longtime WH butler Eugene Allen, former journalist and Ford press secretary Jerald terHorst, educator Jaime Escalante, computer pioneer Henry Edwards Roberts, and Ford Motors engineer Donald Frey. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of three service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan:
US Marines LCpl Jacob A Ross, 19, Gillette, WY
US Army PFC James L Miller, 21, Yakima, WA
US Army PFC Raymond N Pacleb, 31, Honolulu, HI
According to iCasualties, the total number of allied servicemembers killed in Iraq is now 4,705; in Afghanistan, 1,712. Per Iraq Body Count, 91 Iraqi civilians were killed during this same period.