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Gates taps pair to investigate whether Army felt pressure to keep Hasan
He also orders a review of whether Army practices could have reasonably prevented the attack.
American Legion officials believe that the Fort Hood soldiers should receive Purple Hearts.
Doctors have told Hasan that the lack of feeling in his legs may never improve.
The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a country wracked by Muslim extremist violence, a Republican congressman said Friday.
He wants a report by Nov. 30 on how U.S. officials handled warning signs.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist suspected in a deadly rampage at Fort Hood, has been charged in a military court with 13 counts of premeditated murder.
One expert says it could take about two years to go to the military equivalent of a trial.
Hasan could face trial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, a former staff judge advocate says.
Speaking a day before Veterans Day, the president recognizes all the men and women in the armed forces.
People from all walks of life came to the hour-long Fort Hood memorial service.
A southwest Florida man who tried to send a dozen yellow roses to the Army major accused of last week's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, says he has drawn the attention of federal investigators.
Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, 55
Hometown: Havre de Grace, Md.
Other details: She was a military physician assistant with two daughters and six grandchildren.
Spc. Frederick Greene, 29
Hometown: Mountain City, Tenn.
Other details: He was among soldiers undergoing a final medical examination prior to deployment to Afghanistan.
Maj. L. Eduardo Caraveo, 52
Hometown: Woodbridge, Va.
Other details: He was a psychologist who had arrived at Fort Hood on Wednesday and was preparing to deploy to Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Justin M. DeCrow, 32
Hometown: Plymouth, Ind.
Other details: He was helping train soldiers on how to help new veterans with paperwork.
Chief Warrant Officer Michael Grant Cahill, 62
Hometown: Spokane, Wash
Other details: He was a civilian who worked at the base as a physician assistant.
Capt. John Gaffaney, 56
Hometown: Serra Mesa, Calif
Other details: He was a supervisor in for San Diego County’s Adult Protective Services department.
Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19
Hometown: West Jordan, Utah
Other details: Nemelka was to leave for Iraq next month
Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22
Hometown: Bolingbrook, Ill.
Other details: His brother is also in the military.
Capt. Russell Seager, 51
Hometown: Racine, Wis.
Other details: Seager was a registered nurse
Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21
Hometown: Chicago
Other details: Velez had just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq and was due to be temporarily released from the military on maternity leave -- she was 3 months pregnant.
Sources: Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Salt Lake Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, Augusta Chronicle, Arizona Daily Star, Racine Journal Times, Baltimore Sun, Knoxville News Sentinel, The White House
Amber Bahr, 19
Hometown: Random Lake, Wis.
Injury: shot in hip
Other details: The nutritionist was praised by Gen. Cone on NBC’s TODAY saying she put a tourniquet on a wounded soldier and carried him out to medical care before she realized she was hit.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Chris Birmingham
Hometown: Eclectic, Ala.
Injury: shot 3 times
Army Reserve Spc. Keara Bono, 21
Hometown: lives in St. Paul area, grew up in Kansas
Injury: shot in the back, abrasions on her face
Other details: recently married
Alan Carroll, 20
Hometown: Bridgewater, NJ
Injury: shot four times — once in the chest, in each arm and in the thigh
U.S Army Reserve Dorothy “Dorrie” Carskadon
Hometown: Rockford, Ill.
Injury: critically injured
Other details: Carskadon is a social worker
Joy Clark, 27
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Injury: shot in the arm, she is in stable condition and awaiting surgery
Staff Sgt. Chad Davis
Hometown: unknown
Injury: released from the hospital
Joey Foster, 21
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Injury: was shot in the hip
Other details: His wife has said he grabbed as many people as he could that were being shot by the suspect and hadn't realized that he’d been shot himself until some time later.
Joey Foster is scheduled for surgery today, Mandy Foster said.
Nathan A. Hewitt, 27
Hometown: Lafayette, Indiana
Injury: one bullet grazed hip and a second went through calf
Justin Johnson, 21
Hometown: Punta Gorda, Fla.
Injury: unknown, he is in ICU
Other details: He was on the phone with his mother when the shooting began.
Staff Sgt. Alonzo (Mac) Lunsford
Hometown: Richmond County, North Carolina
Injury: shot four times
Army Reserve Spc. Grant Moxon, 23
Hometown: Lodi, Wis.
Injury: bullet embedded in his leg
Other details: Moxon joined the military last year and had arrived at the Texas Army base on Wednesday after training in other states.
Sgt. Kimberly Munley, 34
Hometown: Carolina Beach, NC
Injury: shot
Other details: of the Fort Hood Police Department
Maj. Randy Royer
Injury: shot and had shoulder, leg and knee injuries
Other details: He is in the Alabama National Guard
George Stratton III, 18
Hometown: Post Falls, Idaho
Injury: shot in the left shoulder
Pvt. Raymondo "Ray" Saucedo, 26
Hometown: Lansing, Mich.
Injury: bullet grazed arm
Other details: married, 2 children
Sources: Montgomery Advertiser, The Star-Ledger, WINK News in Florida, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Rockford Register Star, Salt Lake Tribune, the Journal & Courier in Indiana, The Kansas City Star, Grand Rapids Press, The Star News, Charlotte Observer, the Standard-Examiner, the Sheboygan Press, Associated Press, Richmond County Daily Journal, The Wetumpka Herald, WAFF news in Alabama
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