City Newspaper Archives - 8/2007
COST OF WAR: The Iraq conflict by the numbers (8/15/07)
Published on Aug 15, 2007
The totals:
3679 U.S. soldiers, 297 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 69,045 to 75,495 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to August 10.
6048 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.
American Servicemen and -women killed between August 2-8:
Lance Corporal Cristian Vasquez, 20, Coalinga, California | Private First Class Matthew M. Murchison, 21, Independence, Missouri | Sergeant Dustin S. Wakeman, 25, Fort Worth, Texas | Corporal Jason K. Lafleur, 28, Ignacio, Colorado | Private First Class Jaron D. Holliday, 21, Tulsa, Oklahoma | Specialist Charles E. Leonard Jr., 29, Monroe, Louisiana | Technical Sergeant Joey D. Link, 29, Portland, Tennessee | Specialist Justin R. Blackwell, 27, Paris, Tennessee | Private Jeremy S. Bohannon, 18, Bon Aqua, Tennessee | Staff Sergeant Jacob M. Thompson, 26, North Mankato, Minnesota | Sergeant Nicholas A. Gummersall, 23, Chubbuck, Idaho | Corporal Juan M. Alcantara, 22, New York | Specialist Kareem R. Khan, 20, Manahawkin, New Jersey | Specialist Christopher T. Neiberger, 22, Gainesville, Florida | Sergeant Jon E. Bonnell Jr., 22, Fort Dodge, Iowa | Specialist Donald M. Young, 19, Helena, Montana
Sources: US Department of Defense, www.icasualties.org, www.iraqbodycount.net
