[zaxtres]

I remember an article from the Gulf war stating more black soldiers were killed in combat buy also latinos were also over represented. So I did a quick search and from Scripps Howard News Service I found this article

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/immigration/iraq.htm

Here is an excerpt:

“Nearly a fifth of the fatalities among U.S. troops in the current war in Iraq are black, which will be the highest cost African Americans have paid in any of America’s
wars if the trend continues.

There are also indications that Hispanics may be over-represented among the war dead, according to a Scripps Howard News Service study.

This isn’t the result of minorities being assigned to dangerous duty in front-line units. Elite combat troops like Special Forces units and the Green Berets are
disproportionately white, military experts said. The U.S. Army’s dash to Baghdad forced supply convoys occasionally to traverse enemy-held territory in southern
and central Iraq, leaving minority troops assigned to logistical units vulnerable.”

[Billthedrill]

HERE's what I turned up. It appears that black deaths in Iraq were considerably under-represented between 2003 and 2008. 9.49% as opposed to 14% of the population at large. And Hispanic, under-represented as well. 10.72% as opposed to 17% of the population. White, over-represented, 74% as opposed to 63% of the population.

Mind you, those totals can be deceptive depending on the white/Hispanic crossover, which should remind us that the idea of race and that of ethnicity are not the same.