Gone in 2005 (Part 1)

When I started planning a review of notable deaths in 2005, I had in mind something similar to what I produced in early 2004—two entries or so.  I also considered how to organize the review.  Would it be displayed chronologically, as I did it last time?  Or would it be better to proceed thematically, presenting, say, sports figures or scientists or politicians as a group?

As I cross-referenced the necrology published in the Seattle Times on January 1 against such sources as the annual Hail and Farewell essay on CBS Sunday Morning, Wikipedia, and the like, I soon realized that each one reported on notable 2005 deaths skipped by the others.  This led to some fevered googling, and to an ever-larger list of names that simply couldn’t be ignored. 

Eventually, I realized that if I want to write a 2005 necrology in the first part of 2006 I’d better stop investigating and start reporting.  I’ve decided to organize the necrologies in generally chronologic order, reserving the right to occasionally mention other closely related, but non-proximate, deaths when appropriate.  Furthermore, I’m dividing the report into appreciably more segments than I did two years ago.  There are too many important items to discuss to be crammed into a mere pair of postings.  I don’t know whether it’ll end up as a full 12-part series (one per month of 2005), or whether I’ll be able to combine months later on.  The first in the series - coming up immediately below the fold - covers January 2005.

[UPDATE] I’m adding a section I failed to include when I first posted this January 2005 necrology.  There were 107 American deaths in Iraq during that month ... 107 Americans whose blood is on the hands of George W. Bush.  Because I omitted them previously, for January I present not just their number but their names:

Sgt Leonard W. Adams, Capt Paul C. Alaniz, Sgt Christopher J. Babin, Cpl Jonathan S. Beatty, PFC Gunnar D. Becker, Spec Bradley J. Bergeron, SSgt Brian D. Bland, Capt Orlando A. Bonilla, Cpl Jonathan W. Bowling, Spec Jimmy D. Buie, Spec Taylor J. Burk, Sgt Michael C. Carlson, PFC Stephen A. Castellano, Sgt Kyle William Childress, LCpl Julio C. Cisneros-Alvarez, SFC Kurt J. Comeaux, Sgt Zachariah Scott Davis, Pvt Cory R. Depew, LCpl Jonathan Edward Etterling, Spec Michael S. Evans II, Sgt Andrew K. Farrar Jr., Spec Huey P. L. Fassbender, Sgt Michael W. Finke Jr., Cpl Joseph E. Fite, PFC Jesus Fonseca, Spec Armand L. Frickey, 1stLt Travis J. Fuller, PFC George R. Geer, Cpl Timothy M. Gibson, Cpl Richard A. Gilbert Jr., Capt Lyle L. Gordon, Cpl Kyle J. Grimes, PFC Daniel F. Guastaferro, Barbara Heald, LCpl Tony L. Hernandez, 1stLt Nainoa K. Hoe, LCpl Matthew W. Holloway, Cpl Paul C. Holter III, LCpl Brian C. Hopper, PO3rd John Daniel House, Sgt Thomas E. Houser, LCdr Edward E. Jack, LCpl Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr., Sgt Lindsey T. James, Cpl Stephen P. Johnson, CWO Charles S. Jones, Spec Alain L. Kamolvathin, Cpl Sean P. Kelly, SSgt Dexter S. Kimble, Sgt William S. Kinzer Jr., LCpl Allan Klein, Cpl Timothy A. Knight, Spec Jeff LeBrun, PFC Jesus A. Leon-Perez, LCpl Karl R. Linn, PFC Kevin M. Luna, Capt Joe Fenton Lusk II, LCpl Fred L. Maciel, SFC Brian A. Mack, SSgt William F. Manuel, Spec Joshua S. Marcum, Sgt Javier Marin Jr., Spec Dwayne James McFarlane Jr., Spec Jeremy W. McHalffey, PFC James H. Miller IV, Cpl James Lee Moore, Cpl Nathaniel K. Moore, Spec Warren A. Murphy, PFC Francis C. Obaji, LCpl Brian P. Parrello, Sgt Jayton D. Patterson, LCpl Mourad Ragimov, LCpl Rhonald Dain Rairdan, LCpl Hector Ramos, Spec Christopher J. Ramsey, SSgt Jose C. Rangel, LCpl Jason C. Redifer, SSgt Jonathan Ray Reed, SSgt Joseph E. Rodriguez, LCpl Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez Velasco, Spec Lyle W. Rymer II, LCpl Gael Saintvil, Cpl Nathan A. Schubert, LCpl Darrell J. Schumann, LCpl Nazario Serrano, 1stLt Dustin M. Shumney, Cpl Matthew R. Smith, Spec Michael J. Smith, LCpl Joseph B. Spence, LCpl Michael L. Starr Jr., SSgt Joseph W. Stevens, Sgt Jesse W. Strong, Capt Christopher J. Sullivan, LCpl Harry R. Swain IV, Sgt Brett D. Swank, Sgt Robert Wesley Sweeney III, Sgt Nathaniel T. Swindell, LCdr Keith Edward Taylor, SSgt Thomas E. Vitagliano, PFC Kenneth G. Vonronn, SFC Mark C. Warren, Sgt Bennie J. Washington, Cpl Christopher L. Weaver, PFC Curtis L. Wooten III, Spec Viktar V. Yolkin, SFC Mickey E. Zaun, Cpl Christopher E. Zimny

Comments

Oh, well done.  You could do each entry on the first of the month (sort of a “one year later” entry).

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