City Newspaper Archives - 1/2008

COST OF WAR: The Iraq conflict by the numbers (1/9/08)

Published on Jan 09, 2008

TOTALS - 3908 U.S. soldiers, 307 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 80,331 to 87,742 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 7.

6483 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 20-25:

-- Sgt. Bryan J. Tutten, 33, St. Augustine, Fla.

-- Capt. Rowdy J. Inman, 38, Panorama Village, Texas

-- Sgt. Benjamin B. Portell, 27, Bakersfield, Calif.

-- Pfc. Joseph R. Berlin Jr., 21, Chelsea, Ala.

-- Petty Officer 1st Class Victor W. Jeffries, 52, Honolulu, Hawaii

-- Sgt. Reno S. Lacerna, 44, Waipahu, Hawaii

-- Pfc. Joshua R. Anderson, 24, Jordan, Minn.

-- Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Maseth, 24, Pittsburgh, Pa.

-- Maj. Andrew J. Olmsted, 37, Colorado Springs, Colo.

-- Cpt. Thomas J. Casey, 32, Albuquerque, N.M.

SOURCES: www.iraqbodycount.org, www.icasualties.org