City Newspaper Archives - 12/2007
COST OF WAR: The Iraq conflict by the numbers (12/19/07)
Published on Dec 19, 2007
TOTALS - 3893 U.S. soldiers, 306 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 78,690 to 85,711 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to December 17.
6444 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.
American servicemen and -women killed between December 9-14:
-- Spc. Randy W. Pickering, 31, Bovey, Minn.
-- Cpl. Johnathan A. Lahmann, 21, Richmond, Ind.
-- Chief Petty Officer Mark T. Carter, 27, Fallbrook, Calif.
-- Spc. Brynn J. Naylor, 21, Roswell, N.M.
-- Sgt. Samuel E. Kelsey, 24, Troup, Texas
-- Pvt. Daren A. Smith, 19, Helena, Mont.
-- Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan A. Lowery, 38, Houlton, Maine
SOURCES: www.iraqbodycount.org, www.icasualties.org
