Kansas Casualties.

First, a Kansan in the 82nd Airborne Division.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper died as a result of injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire in Salah Ad Din, Iraq Monday.

Corporal Eric C. Palmer, 21, of Maize, Kansas was a rifleman with 1st Bn., 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 82nd Abn. Div.

Palmer joined the Army in September 2004. He completed Infantry One Station Unit Training in December 2004 and the Basic Airborne Course in March 2005 at Fort Benning, Ga.

He reported to the 82nd Abn. Div. in March 2005 and was assigned to 1st Bn., 505th PIR as a Rifleman.

Palmer's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.

Palmer is survived by his father, John Palmer, and his mother, Dena K. Palmer, both of Maize, Kansas; his brother, Travis Palmer, and his niece, Camryn Palmer, both of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

From the 1st Infantry Divsion, Fort Riley:

Private First Class Andre Craig Jr., 24, died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device June 25 in Baghdad, Iraq.

Craig was an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. His home of record is New Haven, Conn.

He entered the Army in October 2005 and began serving with the 1st Infantry Division in March 2006. This was his first deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

To date, 113 Fort Riley Soldiers have been killed while serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Hoist your tankards, boys and girls - two more infantrymen headed for the table at Fiddlers Green.

Heh. The legend of the 'Green says it's for mounted soldiers... but I've never believed that the denizens of the 'Green would turn away any weary grunt needing a brew.

Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance. In Memoriam.