City Newspaper Archives - 6/2007

COST OF WAR: The Iraq conflict by the numbers (6/13/07)

Published on Jun 13, 2007
The totals:

3494 U.S. soldiers, 277 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 65,000 to 71,203 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to June 8.

5622 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.

American Servicemen and -women killed June 1-6:

Staff Sergeant Travis W. Atkins, 31, Bozeman, Montana | Staff Sergeant Juan F. Campos, 27, McAllen, Texas | Sergeant Bruce E. Horner, 43, Newport News, Virginia | Specialist Jeremiah D. Costello, 22, Carlinville, Illinois | Specialist Keith V. Nepsa, 21, New Philadelphia, Ohio | Specialist Romel Catalan, 21, Los Angeles, California | Specialist William J. Crouch, 21, Zachary, Louisiana | Sergeant Shawn E. Dressler, 22, Santa Maria, California | Private First Class Joshua D. Brown, 26, Tampa, Florida | Staff Sergeant Greg P. Gagarin, 38, Los Angeles, California | Sergeant James C. Akin, 23, Albuquerque, New Mexico | Sergeant Tyler J. Kritz, 21, Eagle River, Wisconsin | Sergeant Robert A. Surber, 24, Inverness, Florida | Sergeant Caleb P. Christopher, 25, Chandler, Arizona | Sergeant Andrews J. Higgins, 28, Hayward, California | Technical Sergeant Ryan A. Balmer, 33, Mishawaka, Indiana | Staff Sergeant Matthew J. Kuglics, 25, North Canton, Ohio.

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