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Military Deaths By Time Period
Period US UK Other* Total Days Avg
Total 4182 176 138 4496 2033 2.21
7 56 0 0 56 86 0.65
6 1040 46 14 1100 534 2.06
5 933 32 20 985 412 2.39
4 715 13 18 746 318 2.35
3 580 25 27 632 216 2.93
2 718 27 59 804 424 1.9
1 140 33 0 173 43 4.02
*Fatalities by Nationality

Military Deaths By Year/Month

Period US UK Other Total DayCount Avg
Total   4182 176 138 4496 2036 2.21
10-2008 10-2008 6 0 0 6 14 0.43
9-2008 9-2008 25 0 0 25 30 0.83
8-2008 8-2008 23 0 0 23 31 0.74
7-2008 7-2008 13 0 0 13 31 0.42
6-2008 6-2008 29 0 2 31 30 1.03
5-2008 5-2008 19 0 2 21 31 0.68
4-2008 4-2008 52 0 0 52 30 1.73
3-2008 3-2008 39 1 0 40 31 1.29
2-2008 2-2008 29 1 0 30 29 1.03
1-2008 1-2008 40 0 0 40 31 1.29
12-2007 12-2007 23 1 1 25 31 0.81
11-2007 11-2007 37 2 1 40 30 1.33
10-2007 10-2007 38 1 1 40 31 1.29
9-2007 9-2007 66 2 2 70 30 2.33
8-2007 8-2007 84 4 0 88 31 2.84
7-2007 7-2007 80 8 1 89 31 2.87
6-2007 6-2007 101 7 0 108 30 3.6
5-2007 5-2007 126 3 2 131 31 4.23
4-2007 4-2007 104 12 1 117 30 3.9
3-2007 3-2007 81 1 0 82 31 2.65
2-2007 2-2007 81 3 1 85 28 3.04
1-2007 1-2007 83 3 0 86 31 2.77
12-2006 12-2006 112 1 2 115 31 3.71
11-2006 11-2006 70 6 2 78 30 2.6
10-2006 10-2006 106 2 2 110 31 3.55
9-2006 9-2006 72 3 2 77 30 2.57
8-2006 8-2006 65 1 0 66 31 2.13
7-2006 7-2006 43 1 2 46 31 1.48
6-2006 6-2006 61 0 2 63 30 2.1
5-2006 5-2006 69 9 1 79 31 2.55
4-2006 4-2006 76 1 5 82 30 2.73
3-2006 3-2006 31 0 2 33 31 1.06
2-2006 2-2006 55 3 0 58 28 2.07
1-2006 1-2006 62 2 0 64 31 2.06
12-2005 12-2005 68 0 0 68 31 2.19
11-2005 11-2005 84 1 1 86 30 2.87
10-2005 10-2005 96 2 1 99 31 3.19
9-2005 9-2005 49 3 0 52 30 1.73
8-2005 8-2005 85 0 0 85 31 2.74
7-2005 7-2005 54 3 1 58 31 1.87
6-2005 6-2005 78 1 4 83 30 2.77
5-2005 5-2005 80 2 6 88 31 2.84
4-2005 4-2005 52 0 0 52 30 1.73
3-2005 3-2005 35 1 3 39 31 1.26
2-2005 2-2005 58 0 2 60 28 2.14
1-2005 1-2005 107 10 10 127 31 4.1
12-2004 12-2004 72 1 3 76 31 2.45
11-2004 11-2004 137 4 0 141 30 4.7
10-2004 10-2004 64 2 2 68 31 2.19
9-2004 9-2004 80 3 4 87 30 2.9
8-2004 8-2004 66 4 5 75 31 2.42
7-2004 7-2004 54 1 3 58 31 1.87
6-2004 6-2004 42 1 7 50 30 1.67
5-2004 5-2004 80 0 4 84 31 2.71
4-2004 4-2004 135 0 5 140 30 4.67
3-2004 3-2004 52 0 0 52 31 1.68
2-2004 2-2004 20 1 2 23 29 0.79
1-2004 1-2004 47 5 0 52 31 1.68
12-2003 12-2003 40 0 8 48 31 1.55
11-2003 11-2003 82 1 27 110 30 3.67
10-2003 10-2003 44 1 2 47 31 1.52
9-2003 9-2003 31 1 1 33 30 1.1
8-2003 8-2003 35 6 2 43 31 1.39
7-2003 7-2003 48 1 0 49 31 1.58
6-2003 6-2003 30 6 0 36 30 1.2
5-2003 5-2003 37 4 1 42 31 1.35
4-2003 4-2003 74 6 0 80 30 2.67
3-2003 3-2003 65 27 0 92 12 7.67

U.S. Military Deaths By Year/Month
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2003 0 0 65 74 37 30 48 35 31 44 82 40 486
2004 47 20 52 135 80 42 54 66 80 64 137 72 849
2005 107 58 35 52 80 78 54 85 49 96 84 68 846
2006 62 55 31 76 69 61 43 65 72 106 70 112 822
2007 83 81 81 104 126 101 80 84 66 38 37 23 904
2008 40 29 39 52 19 29 13 23 25 6 0 0 275
View Graph: U.S. Fatalities By Month/Year

Missing or Captured


Fatalities - Self Inflicted Army Navy Marines AirForce Total
Died of Self-Inflicted wounds 133 4 23   160
Source: Department of Defense (PDF)


U.S. Wounded By Month
Period Wounded
Total 30,634
Sep-2008 40
Aug-2008 107
Jul-2008 156
Jun-2008 143
May-2008 197
Apr-2008 330
Mar-2008 327
Feb-2008 216
Jan-2008 234
Dec-2007 213
Nov-2007 203
Oct-2007 297
Sep-2007 361
Aug-2007 566
Jul-2007 616
Jun-2007 756
May-2007 658
Apr-2007 651
Mar-2007 619
Feb-2007 520
Jan-2007 647
Dec-2006 706
Nov-2006 548
Oct-2006 783
Sep-2006 791
Aug-2006 592
Jul-2006 525
Jun-2006 459
May-2006 444
Apr-2006 434
Mar-2006 499
Feb-2006 343
Jan-2006 288
Dec-2005 414
Nov-2005 399
Oct-2005 608
Sep-2005 545
Aug-2005 541
Jul-2005 478
Jun-2005 511
May-2005 570
Apr-2005 598
Mar-2005 370
Feb-2005 413
Jan-2005 497
Dec-2004 544
Nov-2004 1,431
Oct-2004 651
Sep-2004 709
Aug-2004 895
Jul-2004 552
Jun-2004 588
May-2004 759
Apr-2004 1,215
Mar-2004 324
Feb-2004 150
Jan-2004 187
Dec-2003 263
Nov-2003 336
Oct-2003 413
Sep-2003 247
Aug-2003 181
Jul-2003 226
Jun-2003 147
May-2003 55
Apr-2003 340
Mar-2003 208
By Week
Period Wnd RTD Wnd
10/08/08 16 6
10/01/08 12 6
09/23/08 12 8
09/16/08 11 -3
09/09/08 34 32
08/26/08 5 2
08/19/08 26 26
08/12/08 96 -77
08/05/08 10 16
07/28/08 22 7
07/22/08 62 24
07/09/08 28 7
07/01/08 63 42
06/11/08 20 7
06/04/08 38 32
05/21/08 53  
05/14/08 39 16
05/07/08 58 35
04/29/08 81 35
04/22/08 3 12
04/16/08 119 33
04/03/08 57 75
03/26/08 26 19
03/19/08 24 32
03/12/08 46 29
03/05/08 27 18
02/27/08 41 31
02/20/08 23 47
02/13/08 41  
02/06/08 60 27
01/23/08 23 44
01/16/08 44 24
01/09/08 42 6
01/02/08 26 23
12/26/07 26 36
12/19/07 26 24
12/12/07 20 12
12/05/07 34 13
11/27/07 12 40
11/21/07 31 10
11/14/07 181 -77
10/31/07 -88 146
10/24/07 38 13
Wnd-RTD: Wounded in Action Return to Duty within 72 hours
Wnd: Wounded in Action Not Return to Duty within 72 hours

Item Army Navy Marines AirForce Total
No Medical Air Transport Required 14,090 459 6,492 300 21,341
Medical Air Transport Required 7,077 165 2,025 94 9,361
Non-Hostile-Related Medical Air Transports 28,779 1,159 2,932 1,556 34,426
Non-Hostile Injuries - Medical Air Transport Required 7,169 325 1,172 380 9,046
Diseases/Other Medical - Medical Air Transport Required 21,610 834 1,760 1,176 25,380
Medical Air Transports (Hostile And Non-Hostile) 35,856 1,324 4,957 1,650 43,787
Source: Department of Defense (PDF)
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U.S. Confirmed Deaths
Reported Deaths: 4182
Confirmed Deaths: 4179
Pending Confirmation: 3
DoD Confirmation List

Latest Coalition Fatalities 

10/13/08 MNF: MND-B Soldier dies of non-battle related causes
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died of non-battle related causes at approximately 5:50 a.m. Oct 12 in Baghdad. The Soldier’s name is being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin and release by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Iraqi Security Forces and Civilian Deaths Details
Period Total
Oct-08 108
Sep-08 366
Aug-08 311
Jul-08 419
Jun-08 450
May-08 506
Apr-08 744
Mar-08 980
Feb-08 674
Jan-08 554
Dec-07 548
Nov-07 560
Oct-07 679
Sep-07 848
Aug-07 1,674
Jul-07 1,690
Jun-07 1,345
May-07 1,980
Apr-07 1,821
Mar-07 2,977
Feb-07 3,014
Jan-07 1,802
Dec-06 1,752
Nov-06 1,864
Oct-06 1,539
Sep-06 3,539
Aug-06 2,966
Jul-06 1,280
Jun-06 870
May-06 1,119
Apr-06 1,009
Mar-06 1,092
Feb-06 846
Jan-06 779
Iraqi Deaths
Note: Iraqi deaths based on news reports .
This is not a definitive count.
Actual totals for Iraqi deaths are higher than the numbers recorded on this site.
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10/13/08 kcbd: Lubbock Soldier Dies in Iraq
NewsChannel 11 has learned a Lubbock soldier died this weekend in Iraq. Friends of the family say Jeff Johnson did not die in combat. Instead, it appears he might have died from complications of an appendectomy surgery two days earlier.
10/13/08 Sapa-AFP : Iraqi doctors protest by closing 200 clinics
More than 200 Iraqi doctors in the city of Karbala who say they have received death threats after unsuccessful medical procedures have closed their clinics in protest, their leader said on Monday.
10/13/08 AFP: UN concerned as flight of Iraq Christians continues
More Christian families have quit their homes in Mosul, a local official said on Monday, as the United Nations voiced concern at the community's plight in the northern Iraqi city.
10/13/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill Christian shop owner
Gunmen stormed a shop, killing the owner, a Christian man in his 50's, and wounding his nephew on Sunday evening in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
10/13/08 Reuters: Two prison security guards killed in western Mosul.
A car bomb killed two prison security guards on Sunday in western Mosul. Two other guards and a civilian were also wounded, polcie said.
10/13/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman in Mosul,
Gunmen stormed the house of a policeman and killed him on Sunday in Mosul, police said.
10/13/08 AP: Bomb, sniper attacks kill 15 people in Mosul, Baghdad
Suicide car bombers struck twice yesterday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, US and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people in Baghdad.
10/13/08 AP: Iraqi PM - British troops not necessary
Iraq's prime minister said the 4,100 British troops in southern Iraq are no longer necessary to provide security, a newspaper reported today. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told The Times that there may be a need for a few British troops to remain...
10/13/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 policemen, 1 civilian in northern Baghdad
A roadside bomb wounded three policemen and one civilian when it exploded near a police patrol in Qahira district of northern Baghdad, police said.
10/13/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds Iraqi army major near Sulaiman Pek
A roadside bomb hit an Iraqi army patrol and wounded an army major near the town of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
10/13/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 5 policemen, 2 civilians in eastern Baghdad
Five policemen and two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad, police said.
10/13/08 KUNA: Five people injured in blast in E. Baghdad
Five people were injured on Monday when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in eastern Baghdad, police said. Police sources told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that an explosive device was planted on the side of the road when a police patrol...
10/13/08 Reuters: Two Iraqi soldiers killed by sniper fire in west-central Baghdad
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed by a sniper in Mansour district of west-central Baghdad, Major-General Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for Baghdad security operations, told Reuters.
10/13/08 AP: Christian businessman killed in Mosul
Iraqi police say a Christian music store owner has been shot to death in the northern city of Mosul. Sunday's shooting is the latest in a series of killings of Christians that has caused thousands of members of the tiny religious community to...
10/12/08 AFP: Iraq pours in police to protect Christians
Iraq dispatched nearly 1,000 police to the northern city of Mosul on Sunday to protect Christians fleeing the worst violence perpetrated against them in five years, the government said.
10/12/08 AFP: Nine killed in Baghdad market bombing
At least nine people were killed and 13 wounded in a car bombing at a market in Baghdad, security officials said on Sunday. The attack occurred in a popular market in Bayaa, a predominantly Shiite area in the southwest of the Iraqi capital...
10/12/08 CSM: Iraqi Archbishop - Christians face 'liquidation'
The most senior Catholic cleric in Iraq warned that Christians in his country face “liquidation” if the Iraqi government and the US military do not step-up protection for religious minorities in Iraq.
10/12/08 Xinhua: 4 Iraqis killed in Baghdad gunfire attacks
Two Iraqi soldiers and two anti-Qaida fighters were killed in separate gunfire attacks in Baghdad on Sunday morning, an Interior Ministry source said. Two soldiers were killed by a sniper fire as they were manning a checkpoint...
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