A Daily Look at Military Deaths in Iraq

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050506/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths/nc:736

As of Friday, May 6, 2005, at least 1,592 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,216 died as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department. The figures include four military civilians.

The AP count is one lower than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 11 a.m. EDT Friday.

The British military has reported 87 deaths; Italy, 21; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, eight; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Thailand and the Netherlands, two each; and Denmark, El Salvador, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,454 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,107 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers

This link has 1594...


http://icasualties.org/oif/

Military Fatalities: By Time Period

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
4 157 2 7 166 1.73 96
3 579 26 27 632 2.93 216
2 718 27 58 803 1.89 424
1 140 33 0 173 4.02 43
Total 1594 88 92 1774 2.28 779

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Those figures may exclude

soldiers who died as a result of wounds received in Iraq if they lived long enough to be evacuated from the country.

[UpInArms]

2. ...

[judy]

3. Here's a site that has all the active links to all the casualty sites..

Not a fun read...

http://www.purposeless.com/

[il_lilac]

4. OMG how sad

quite a sobering site. Thanks for the link :cry:

[leftchick]

5. Puts it all in perspective...

Thank You. :(