I was hoping that I wouldn’t find a need to Update that original post after the month of December ends!
But I will with a heavy heart!
U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3901
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 0
Total 3901
DoD Confirmation List
Latest Coalition Fatality: Dec 26, 2007
This found at Huffington Post
December 29, 2007 07:34 PM EST
As of Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at least 3,901 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,175 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
The AP count is three higher than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EST.
The British military has reported 174 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.
In Honor:
1st Lt. Jeremy E. Ray 26 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Houston, Texas Died of wounds suffered when an enemy attacked using a homemade bomb in Kanaan, Iraq, on December 20, 2007
Pfc. George J. Howell 24 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Infantry Division Salinas, California Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle was attacked by a homemade bomb in Riyadh, Iraq, on December 21, 2007
Sgt. Bryan J. Tutten 33 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division St. Augustine, Florida Died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded near his position during combat operations in Balad, Iraq, on December 25, 2007
Sgt. Peter C. Neesley 28 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan Died of an undetermined cause in a non-combat environment in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 25, 2007. The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation.
I will add the above names to the original after the end of the month, and I Hope and Pray there will be No More To Add in these last two days, and even fewer in the coming months of the New Year!
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if you count the suicide rate for returning veterans, which is nearly four times higher, according to this CBS report: http://tinyurl.com/yoo2zk
And neither figure takes into account deaths from war injuries among veterans who have returned home. It appears to be an entirely separate category, and I’m having a tough time getting data for an article I’m working on. (If anyone knows a good source for these statistics, it would be much appreciated.)