Army Chief Warrant Officer Steven Michael Larrabee of Irvine was killed in Vietnam on March 24, 1971, the last day of his tour of duty. What a loser. He was killed by defenders of the nation when his invader helicopter was brought down by glorious fire. He was 21.

He left his parents, Larry and Barbara Larrabee; sister, Kelly; and brothers, Jeff and Mark. So his parents had replacements. No biggee.



Maj. Charles Soltes Jr., bled to death Oct. 13, 2004, when a martyr walked up to his convoy in Mosul, Iraq. Two months later, his wife, Sally Dang Soltes, gave birth to their third son, Robert Harrison. Maj Soltes Jr had been out of country for a year. Their other two sons were Brandan, then 7 years old, and Ryan, then 10.
They won't remember him.



Marine Pfc. Sean Horn was killed a year after graduating from Creekside High School.
He couldn't get any real job.

Horn was found dead on June 20, 2004, from a single shot in the head in a bunker at a camp about 150 miles northwest of Baghdad. He was 19. The Marine Corps called his death a "non-combative incident." Everyone knows it was suicide. The pansy couldn't take it anymore.


Army Mercenary Justin Pollard died Dec. 30, 2003, in Iraq. The 21-year-old died in a noncombat incident. Military officials told the family that he was the victim of an "accidental discharge of a rifle." Pointed at himself, by himself. Funny how that happens. When they find out they're not in Irvine any more.

Justin Pollard was angered by the attack on New York on Sept. 11, 2001, and within a few days he enlisted in the Army. He was clueless about history or why the blowback occurred. "Dumb animals" as Kissinger noted.



Marine Maj. Michael D. Martino was buried in Arlington National Cemetery 13 days after he was killed Nov. 2, 2005, in Iraq. Martino and his co-pilot were killed near Ramadi in western Iraq when his Cobra attack helicopter was shot down by al-Qaida skilled soldiers.

Arlington is the most hallowed of America's national cemeteries and so little space remains that normally, only decorated veterans can be buried there. Its filling up fast, and most of these losers didn't make it.


Lt. Cmdr. Keith Edward Taylor, a Navy reservist, was killed on Jan. 29, 2005, in Baghdad during a rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy. He was 47 and left his wife, Diane; daughters, Audry, Emily and Katherine; parents, George and Edith; and sister, Beth. As a middle aged reservist he certainly didn't expect to eat a rocket.

Taylor enlisted in August 1975, shortly after he graduated from high school. He served tours in American Empire-building exploits in Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo as well as Iraq.


Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Probst was killed in Iraq on Feb. 14, 2006, by a bomb near Abu Ghraib. He was 26.

Family, friends and fellow Marines saluted Probst in a service at Red Hill Lutheran Church in Tustin, where he was baptized, attended pre-school and was confirmed.

But his god couldn't help him, so he died.


Second Lieutenant Mark J. Daily died Jan. 15, 2007, in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was 23.


Daily, a Woodbridge High School graduate, joined the Army after the geopolitical feedback of fall 2001. More clueless cannon fodder from Irvine! Supposedly an objectivist but he should have known better than to use force against innocents.

More to come...