US war resisters
War Resisters' International is trying to put together a list of known US war resisters. From several sources, War Resisters' International was so far able to gather a bit of information, but this is surely just a snapshot. The list is in alphabetical order. Any additional information is welcome.
Name | Status | Additional information |
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Darrell Anderson |
Deserted from his unit in Germany and fled to Canada |
http://www.tomjoad.org/warheroes3.htm http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,337091,00.html |
David Beals |
Went AWOL after suicide attempt, turns himself in in January 2005 |
POSTNUKESID=f2f1d4ccebe514d29d54ad2536e4ea78 |
Kevin Mitchell Benderman |
Applied for CO status on 20 December 2004 |
http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/covering_iraq/archives//000180.php http://onlinejournal.com/Commentary/011805Benderman/011805benderman.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6850273/ |
Perry O'Brien |
Discharged as conscientious objector after Afghanistan war |
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/mondaymag/stories/050103ellis.shtml |
David Bunt |
imprisoned GI conscientious objector, sent to the brig on September 22nd 2004, he was sentenced to 45 days, due to be released at the end of October 2004 |
http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/resist/david.html |
Travis Burnham, |
Applied for CO status in January 2003 |
http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/advocacy/protest/iraq/2003/0324militaryrefus.htm |
Travis Clark |
Status unknown, said he won't join war in Iraq in March 2003 |
http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/advocacy/protest/iraq/2003/0324militaryrefus.htm |
Diedra Cobb |
CO application denied in November 2003 |
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Aidan Delgado |
Declared himself a CO in the middle of 2003, now out of the army. |
http://www.counterpunch.org/fleming01262005.html |
Dan Falushko |
Seeking refugee status in Canada |
http://www.join-snafu.org/resisters.htm#dan |
Stephen Funk |
Sentenced to six months on 6 September 2003, released on 14 March 2004 |
http://wri-irg.org/news/htdocs/20030404a.html http://wri-irg.org/pubs/pfp03-en.htm#usa |
Jeremy Hinzman |
Seeking refugee status in Canada |
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/15/157205&tid=25 |
Brandon Hughey |
Seeking refugee status in Canada |
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/15/157205&tid=25 |
Ghanim Khalil |
Announced that he would refuse to deploy to Iraq on February 15th 2003, at anti-war rally in New York |
http://www.citizen-soldier.org/CS03-ghanim.html |
Joel Klimkewicz |
CO application refused, court martialed in 2004. sentenced to 7 month imprisonment |
http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates /Details.cfm&StoryID=28873&Section=News |
Jimmy Massey |
Massey was honorably discharged from the Corps in December 2003 |
http://www.tomjoad.org/WarHeroes.htm#massey |
Camilo Mejia |
Sentenced to one year imprisonment on 21 May 2004 |
http://wri-irg.org/news/htdocs/20040525a.html |
Pablo Paredes |
Turned himself in on 18 December 2004, after almost 2 weeks of being AWOL |
http://wri-irg.org/pubs/upd-0501.htm#USA:_Gulf_war_deserters_and |
Michael Sudbury |
Discharged 1 day before his planned public announcement as CO |
http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/advocacy/protest/iraq/2003/0324militaryrefus.htm |
David Sunders |
Seeking refugee status in Canada |
http://www.join-snafu.org/resisters.htm#david |
Wilfredo Torres |
Other than honourable discharge after having been AWOL |
http://www.join-snafu.org/resisters.htm#wilfredo |
Carl Webb |
Refused to report when his contract was extended by the National Guard, presently AWOL |
http://www.join-snafu.org/resisters.htm#carl |
Abdullah William Webster |
Sentenced to 14 months in prison |
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR511372004?open&of=ENG-USA |
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