The death of Sergeant Anthony G. Jones.

• Author: Herbert, Bob
• Position: OPINION - Obituary

The nation is mourning the more than 2,000 American GI's lost to the war in Iraq. An additional 15,000 Americans have been wounded. As typical as it is tragic is the story of Sgt. Anthony G. Jones, whom The Times wrote about in October. "Sgt. Anthony G. Jones, fresh off the plane from Iraq and an impish grin on his face, sauntered unannounced into his wife's hospital room in Georgia just hours after she had given birth to their second son," the reporter wrote. "Three weeks later, on June 14, he was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on his third...