City Newspaper Archives - 4/2007

COST OF WAR: The Iraq conflict by the numbers (4/4/07)

Published on Apr 04, 2007
The totals:

3243 U.S. soldiers, 259 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 60,411 to 66,280 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to March 4.

5093 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.

American servicemen and -women killed between March 21-March 27:

Sergeant Nicholas J. Lightner, 29, Newport, Oregon | Sergeant Freeman L. Gardner Jr., 26, Little Rock, Arkansas | Corporal Henry W. Bogrette, 21, Richville, New York | Lance Corporal Trevor A. Roberts, 21, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Specialist Lance C. Springer II, 23, Fort Worth, Texas | Sergeant Greg N. Riewer, 30, Frazee, Minnesota | Sergeant Jason W. Swiger, 24, South Portland, Maine | Corporal Jason Nunez, 22, Naranjito, Puerto Rico | Private First Class Orlando E. Gonzalez, 21, New Freedom, Pennsylvania | Private First Class Anthony J. White, 21, Columbia, South Carolina | Specialist Sean K. McDonald, 21, Rosemount, Minnesota | Master Sergeant Sean M. Thomas, 33, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Staff Sergeant Marcus A. Golczynski, 30, Lewisburg, Tennessee | Sergeant Curtis J. Forshey, 22, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

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