Donica

When Army Pvt. Dustin Donica was killed in the last week of 2006, he was described by several news organizations as the 3,000th U.S. military fatality; at his funeral in Houston, the minister said, Three thousand is not just a number to us anymore.

Names of the dead mean more than numbers 2008

In retrospect, Donica was between 2,983 and 2,988 — six servicemembers died that day — not counting seven civilian Defense Department employees who'd died earlier in the war.

Names of the dead mean more than numbers 2008

In a written statement, his father, David Donica, said, Dustin had a tremendous sense of duty, both to his family, and his country.

December 2006 glimpses 2007

On his MySpace site, Donica, 22, noted, tongue in cheek, the incongruity of the posting.

December 2006 glimpses 2007

Born and raised in Houston, Donica was a 2002 high school graduate and enlisted in 2003 after a stint at the University of Texas at Austin.

December 2006 glimpses 2007

“The Matadors” is the name of the mascot of the school that Donica attends; ultimately the series will be about the legacy and fate of this place that is very similar to the place where I spent some of my most important teenage years.

Interview with Simbarashe 2009

Donica, 22, of Spring, Texas, was killed Dec. 28 by small-arms fire in Karmah.

December 2006 glimpses 2007

Maybe Monica Lewinsky and Donna Rice will start a lesbian affair and then the press can refer to them as Donica.

Gary Hart: "If a majority of voters... think that it is cute to have a moose-hunting hockey mom run the country, then that's what we'll get." Ann Althouse 2008

Spc. Dustin R. Donica, 22, of Spring, Texas, was killed Thursday by small arms fire in Baghdad, the Defense Department said.

December 2006 2006

As far as I'm concerned, all the 2,999 deaths that preceded Spc. Donica are just as grim a milestone as his death.

December 2006 2006