City Newspaper Archives - 2/2007

COST OF WAR: The Iraq conflict by the numbers (2/7/07)

Published on Feb 06, 2007

The totals:

3089 US soldiers, 254 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 55,664 to 61,369 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 29.

4756 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.

American servicemen and -women killed between January 26-February 1:

Major Alan R. Johnson, 44, Yakima, Washington | Corporal Timothy A. Swanson, 21, San Antonio, Texas | Private First Class Jon B. St. John II, 25, Neenah, Wisconsin | Private First Class David T. Toomalatai, 19, Long Beach, California | Lance Corporal Anthony C. Melia, 20, Thousand Oaks, California | Sergeant Mickel D. Garrigus, 24, Elma, Washington | Captain Mark T. Resh, 28, Pittsburgh | Chief Warrant Officer Cornell C. Chao, 36, California | Specialist Carla J. Stewart, 37, Sun Valley, California | Lance Corporal Adam Q. Emul, 19, Vancouver, Washington | Sergeant Alejandro Carrillo, 22, Los Angeles, California | Sergeant William M. Sigua, 21, Los Altos Hills, California | Corporal Stephen D. Shannon, 21, Guttenberg, Iowa | Gunnery Sergeant Terry J. Elliott, 34, Middleton, Tennessee | Hospitalman Matthew G. Conte, 22, Mogadore, Ohio | Sergeant Maj. Michael C. Mettille, 44, West St. Paul, Minnesota

Sources: US Department of Defense, www.icasualties.org, www.iraqbodycount.net