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Military Deaths By Time Period
Period US UK Other* Total Days Avg
Total 4224 178 139 4541 2122 2.14
7 98 2 0 100 175 0.57
6 1040 46 14 1100 534 2.06
5 933 32 21 986 412 2.39
4 715 13 18 746 318 2.35
3 580 25 27 632 216 2.93
2 718 27 59 804 424 1.9
1 140 33 0 173 43 4.02
*Fatalities by Nationality

Military Deaths By Year/Month

Period US UK Other Total DayCount Avg
Total   4224 178 139 4541 2125 2.14
1-2009 1-2009 3 0 0 3 11 0.27
12-2008 12-2008 14 2 0 16 31 0.52
11-2008 11-2008 17 0 0 17 30 0.57
10-2008 10-2008 14 0 0 14 31 0.45
9-2008 9-2008 25 0 0 25 30 0.83
8-2008 8-2008 23 0 0 23 31 0.74
7-2008 7-2008 13 0 0 13 31 0.42
6-2008 6-2008 29 0 2 31 30 1.03
5-2008 5-2008 19 0 2 21 31 0.68
4-2008 4-2008 52 0 0 52 30 1.73
3-2008 3-2008 39 1 0 40 31 1.29
2-2008 2-2008 29 1 0 30 29 1.03
1-2008 1-2008 40 0 0 40 31 1.29
12-2007 12-2007 23 1 1 25 31 0.81
11-2007 11-2007 37 2 1 40 30 1.33
10-2007 10-2007 38 1 1 40 31 1.29
9-2007 9-2007 66 2 2 70 30 2.33
8-2007 8-2007 84 4 0 88 31 2.84
7-2007 7-2007 80 8 1 89 31 2.87
6-2007 6-2007 101 7 0 108 30 3.6
5-2007 5-2007 126 3 2 131 31 4.23
4-2007 4-2007 104 12 1 117 30 3.9
3-2007 3-2007 81 1 0 82 31 2.65
2-2007 2-2007 81 3 1 85 28 3.04
1-2007 1-2007 83 3 0 86 31 2.77
12-2006 12-2006 112 1 2 115 31 3.71
11-2006 11-2006 70 6 2 78 30 2.6
10-2006 10-2006 106 2 2 110 31 3.55
9-2006 9-2006 72 3 2 77 30 2.57
8-2006 8-2006 65 1 0 66 31 2.13
7-2006 7-2006 43 1 2 46 31 1.48
6-2006 6-2006 61 0 2 63 30 2.1
5-2006 5-2006 69 9 1 79 31 2.55
4-2006 4-2006 76 1 5 82 30 2.73
3-2006 3-2006 31 0 3 34 31 1.1
2-2006 2-2006 55 3 0 58 28 2.07
1-2006 1-2006 62 2 0 64 31 2.06
12-2005 12-2005 68 0 0 68 31 2.19
11-2005 11-2005 84 1 1 86 30 2.87
10-2005 10-2005 96 2 1 99 31 3.19
9-2005 9-2005 49 3 0 52 30 1.73
8-2005 8-2005 85 0 0 85 31 2.74
7-2005 7-2005 54 3 1 58 31 1.87
6-2005 6-2005 78 1 4 83 30 2.77
5-2005 5-2005 80 2 6 88 31 2.84
4-2005 4-2005 52 0 0 52 30 1.73
3-2005 3-2005 35 1 3 39 31 1.26
2-2005 2-2005 58 0 2 60 28 2.14
1-2005 1-2005 107 10 10 127 31 4.1
12-2004 12-2004 72 1 3 76 31 2.45
11-2004 11-2004 137 4 0 141 30 4.7
10-2004 10-2004 64 2 2 68 31 2.19
9-2004 9-2004 80 3 4 87 30 2.9
8-2004 8-2004 66 4 5 75 31 2.42
7-2004 7-2004 54 1 3 58 31 1.87
6-2004 6-2004 42 1 7 50 30 1.67
5-2004 5-2004 80 0 4 84 31 2.71
4-2004 4-2004 135 0 5 140 30 4.67
3-2004 3-2004 52 0 0 52 31 1.68
2-2004 2-2004 20 1 2 23 29 0.79
1-2004 1-2004 47 5 0 52 31 1.68
12-2003 12-2003 40 0 8 48 31 1.55
11-2003 11-2003 82 1 27 110 30 3.67
10-2003 10-2003 44 1 2 47 31 1.52
9-2003 9-2003 31 1 1 33 30 1.1
8-2003 8-2003 35 6 2 43 31 1.39
7-2003 7-2003 48 1 0 49 31 1.58
6-2003 6-2003 30 6 0 36 30 1.2
5-2003 5-2003 37 4 1 42 31 1.35
4-2003 4-2003 74 6 0 80 30 2.67
3-2003 3-2003 65 27 0 92 12 7.67

U.S. Military Deaths By Year/Month
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2003 0 0 65 74 37 30 48 35 31 44 82 40 486
2004 47 20 52 135 80 42 54 66 80 64 137 72 849
2005 107 58 35 52 80 78 54 85 49 96 84 68 846
2006 62 55 31 76 69 61 43 65 72 106 70 112 822
2007 83 81 81 104 126 101 80 84 66 38 37 23 904
2008 40 29 39 52 19 29 13 23 25 14 17 14 314
2009 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
View Graph: U.S. Fatalities By Month/Year

Missing or Captured


Fatalities - Self Inflicted Army Navy Marines AirForce Total
Died of Self-Inflicted wounds 140 4 23   167
Source: Department of Defense (PDF)

U.S. Wounded
Item Army Navy Marines AirForce Total
No Medical Air Transport Required 14,143 460 6,496 300 21,399
Medical Air Transport Required 7,091 165 2,025 94 9,375
Non-Hostile-Related Medical Air Transports 28,944 1,166 2,944 1,564 34,618
Non-Hostile Injuries - Medical Air Transport Required 7,204 326 1,175 382 9,087
Diseases/Other Medical - Medical Air Transport Required 21,740 840 1,769 1,182 25,531
Medical Air Transports (Hostile And Non-Hostile) 36,035 1,331 4,969 1,658 43,993
Source: Department of Defense (PDF)
By Month
Period Wounded
Total 30,634
Sep-2008 40
Aug-2008 107
Jul-2008 156
Jun-2008 143
May-2008 197
Apr-2008 330
Mar-2008 327
Feb-2008 216
Jan-2008 234
Dec-2007 213
Nov-2007 203
Oct-2007 297
Sep-2007 361
Aug-2007 566
Jul-2007 616
Jun-2007 756
May-2007 658
Apr-2007 651
Mar-2007 619
Feb-2007 520
Jan-2007 647
Dec-2006 706
Nov-2006 548
Oct-2006 783
Sep-2006 791
Aug-2006 592
Jul-2006 525
Jun-2006 459
May-2006 444
Apr-2006 434
Mar-2006 499
Feb-2006 343
Jan-2006 288
Dec-2005 414
Nov-2005 399
Oct-2005 608
Sep-2005 545
Aug-2005 541
Jul-2005 478
Jun-2005 511
May-2005 570
Apr-2005 598
Mar-2005 370
Feb-2005 413
Jan-2005 497
Dec-2004 544
Nov-2004 1,431
Oct-2004 651
Sep-2004 709
Aug-2004 895
Jul-2004 552
Jun-2004 588
May-2004 759
Apr-2004 1,215
Mar-2004 324
Feb-2004 150
Jan-2004 187
Dec-2003 263
Nov-2003 336
Oct-2003 413
Sep-2003 247
Aug-2003 181
Jul-2003 226
Jun-2003 147
May-2003 55
Apr-2003 340
Mar-2003 208
By Week
Period Wnd RTD Wnd
12/27/08 3 13
12/24/08 14 11
12/16/08 9 -1
12/09/08 25 6
11/25/08 11 -3
11/18/08 6 33
10/11/08 10 9
11/05/08 1 9
10/28/08 13 -6
10/22/08 25 9
10/15/08 7 14
10/08/08 16 6
10/01/08 12 6
09/23/08 12 8
09/16/08 11 -3
09/09/08 34 32
08/26/08 5 2
08/19/08 26 26
08/12/08 96 -77
08/05/08 10 16
07/28/08 22 7
07/22/08 62 24
07/09/08 28 7
07/01/08 63 42
06/11/08 20 7
06/04/08 38 32
05/21/08 53  
05/14/08 39 16
05/07/08 58 35
04/29/08 81 35
04/22/08 3 12
04/16/08 119 33
04/03/08 57 75
03/26/08 26 19
03/19/08 24 32
03/12/08 46 29
03/05/08 27 18
02/27/08 41 31
02/20/08 23 47
02/13/08 41  
02/06/08 60 27
01/23/08 23 44
Wnd-RTD: Wounded in Action Return to Duty within 72 hours
Wnd: Wounded in Action Not Return to Duty within 72 hours

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U.S. Confirmed Deaths
Reported Deaths: 4225
Confirmed Deaths: 4222
Pending Confirmation: 3
DoD Confirmation List

Latest Coalition Fatalities 

01/11/09 MNF: US Soldier killed by IED
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle in eastern Baghdad at approximately 8 p.m. Jan. 10. The Soldier’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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Iraqi Security Forces and Civilian Deaths Details
Period Total
Jan-09 119
Dec-08 320
Nov-08 317
Oct-08 288
Sep-08 366
Aug-08 311
Jul-08 419
Jun-08 450
May-08 506
Apr-08 744
Mar-08 980
Feb-08 674
Jan-08 554
Dec-07 548
Nov-07 560
Oct-07 679
Sep-07 848
Aug-07 1,674
Jul-07 1,690
Jun-07 1,345
May-07 1,980
Apr-07 1,821
Mar-07 2,977
Feb-07 3,014
Jan-07 1,802
Dec-06 1,752
Nov-06 1,864
Oct-06 1,539
Sep-06 3,539
Aug-06 2,966
Jul-06 1,280
Jun-06 870
May-06 1,119
Apr-06 1,009
Mar-06 1,092
Feb-06 846
Jan-06 779
Iraqi Deaths
Note: Iraqi deaths based on news reports .
This is not a definitive count.
Actual totals for Iraqi deaths are higher than the numbers recorded on this site.
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‘I’m hit,’ I shouted, amazed by the fact I had been wounded
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Army Times
PTSD victim booted for ‘misconduct’
After serving two tours in Iraq — tours filled with killing enemy combatants and watching close friends die — Sgt. Adam Boyle, 27, returned home expecting the Army to take care of him.

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01/11/09 VOA: Iraq Detains Alleged Leader of Sunni Insurgent Group
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The Iraqi Parliament plunged into a fresh crisis just before it was scheduled to reconvene over the weekend, when members of the main Sunni Arab coalition fell into bitter infighting over choosing a new Parliament speaker.
01/11/09 Reuters: Gunmen kill shop owner in eastern Baghdad
Gunmen stormed a money exchange shop, killing the owner and one of his employees, and wounding three other employees near eastern Baghdad's Palestine street, police said.
01/11/09 Reuters: Gunmen kill 3 policemen in central Mosul
Gunmen killed three policemen when they attacked a police patrol in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
01/11/09 Reuters: Two bodies found in Mosul
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01/11/09 Reuters: Four policemen wounded by IED in Baghdad
Four policemen were wounded by a roadside bomb on Saturday near al-Tayaran Square in central Baghdad, police said.
01/10/09 AP: Marine amputee back on the slopes
After losing a leg in Iraq in 2007, Cpl. Garrett Jones told doctors he wanted to have a family and snowboard. A family. No problem, they said. But snowboarding for an above-the-knee amputee...Two years later, 23-year-old Jones of Newberg is spinning 360s
01/10/09 Reuters: Iraq to fine media for biased, false election cover
Iraq has threatened to fine journalists covering the Jan. 31 local elections if they report inaccuracies or back any candidate, a move journalists' groups said could hurt the country's already beleaguered media.
01/10/09 UPI: U.S. to ask Iraq to keep certain prisoners
The United States will ask Iraq to take control of certain prisoners deemed to be radical extremists or current threats to security, the U.S. military says. U.S. military spokesman Neal Fisher said while some of the targeted prisoners have not...
01/10/09 AP: Iraqi govt won't forcibly evict Iranians
The Iraqi government has promised it won't forcibly evict an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's era, the U.S. ambassador said in a television interview broadcast Saturday.
01/10/09 AP: Marine gets 2 years for shooting friend
A Camp Pendleton Marine has been sentenced to two-years in prison after he accidentally shot his best friend to death in Iraq. Twenty-two-year-old Lance Cpl. Matthew Richard pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after he shot...
01/09/09 AP: Iraq insists reporters agree to code of conduct
The government wants to require foreign and Iraqi journalists to sign a code of conduct in exchange for permission to attend this month's provincial elections, raising concerns among media analysts that independent coverage could be undermined.
01/09/09 AFFP: Sadr backers torch US, Israeli flags in Baghdad
Angry followers of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr torched US and Israeli flags in a mass rally in Baghdad yesterday in protest at the two-week-old conflict in the Gaza Strip.
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