Posted on 12/31/2006 3:47:48 PM PST by KeyLargo
NBC5.com
U.S. Military Deaths In Iraq Top 3,000
UPDATED: 2:25 pm CST December 31, 2006 The death of a Texas soldier, announced Sunday by the Pentagon, raised the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to at least 3,000 since the war began, according to an Associated Press count.
Spc. Dustin R. Donica, 22, of Spring, Texas, was killed Thursday by small arms fire in Baghdad, the Defense Department said.
The grim milestone was crossed on the final day of 2006 and at the end of the deadliest month for the American military in Iraq in the past 12 months. At least 111 U.S. service members were reported to have died in December.
According the Defense Department figures, there have been an additional 250 coalition fatalities in Iraq during the same period.
Forces from the United Kingdom has suffered 127 fatalities, and other countries have lost 123 military personnel.
As of December 6, 2006, U.S. military forces had suffered at least 46,880 non-mortal casualties. That figure includes non-hostile and medical evacuations.
What a bunch of scum they are.
God bless our troops in harms way.
Sickos.
Congratulations to the lowlife scumbags in the liberal "media" for achieving their "milestone" before the end of 2006. Maggots.
Any mention of the 4,881 Pedestrians Killed in 2006 on U.S. roads?
Yes, the media orgasm continues........
America's Wars: U.S. Casualties and Veterans
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004615.html
American Revolution (1775–1783)
Total servicemembers 217,000
Battle deaths 4,435
Nonmortal woundings 6,188
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Total servicemembers 286,730
Battle deaths 2,260
Nonmortal woundings 4,505
Indian Wars (approx. 1817–1898)
Total servicemembers 106,0001
Battle deaths 1,0001
Mexican War (1846–1848)
Total servicemembers 78,718
Battle deaths 1,733
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 11,550
Nonmortal woundings 4,152
Civil War (1861–1865)
Total servicemembers (Union) 2,213,363
Battle deaths (Union) 140,414
Other deaths in service (nontheater) (Union) 224,097
Nonmortal woundings (Union) 281,881
Total servicemembers (Conf.) 1,050,000
Battle deaths (Conf.) 74,524
Other deaths in service (nontheater) (Conf.) 59,2972
Nonmortal woundings (Conf.) unknown
Spanish-American War (1898–1902)
Total servicemembers 306,760
Battle deaths 385
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 2,061
Nonmortal woundings 1,662
World War I (1917–1918)3
Total servicemembers 4,734,991
Battle deaths 53,402
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 63,114
Nonmortal woundings 204,002
Living veterans fewer than 500
World War II (1940–1945)3
Total servicemembers 16,112,566
Battle deaths 291,557
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 113,842
Nonmortal woundings 671,846
Living veterans 4,762,0001
Korean War (1950–1953)
Total servicemembers 5,720,000
Serving in-theater 1,789,000
Battle deaths 33,741
Other deaths in service (theater) 2,827
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 17,730
Nonmortal woundings 103,284
Living veterans 3,734,0001
Vietnam War (1964–1975)
Total servicemembers 8,744,000
Serving in-theater 3,403,000
Battle deaths 47,410
Other deaths in service (theater) 10,789
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 32,000
Nonmortal woundings 153,303
Living veterans 8,295,0001
Gulf War (1990–1991)
Total servicemembers 2,225,000
Serving in-theater 665,476
Battle deaths 147
Other deaths in service (theater) 382
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 1,565
Nonmortal woundings 467
Living veterans 1,852,0001
America's Wars Total
Military service during war 42,348,460
Battle deaths 651,008
Other deaths in service (theater) 13,998
Other deaths in service (nontheater) 525,256
Nonmortal woundings 1,431,290
Living war veterans 17,578,5004
Living veterans 25,038,459
1. Veterans Administration estimate as of Sept. 30, 2002.
2. Estimated figure. Does not include 26,000–31,000 who died in Union prisons.
3. Years of U.S. involvement in war.
4. Approximately 1,065,000 veterans had service in multiple conflicts. They are counted under each conflict, but only once in the total.
Source: Department of Defense and Veterans Administration.
Bush never said this. He quoted a Marine General.
And Again
The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War
Based on total casualties (killed, wounded, missing, and captured)
http://www.civilwarhome.com/Battles.htm
#1
Battle of Gettysburg
Date: July 1-3, 1863
Location: Pennsylvania
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: George G. Meade
Confederate Forces Engaged: 75,000
Union Forces Engaged: 82,289
Winner: Union
Casualties: 51,112 (23,049 Union and 28,063 Confederate)
Any mention of the Americans killed per day by drunk driving illegal aliens?
Rats and the MSM dance in their blood.
Just like Sarah Brady and the other gun grabbers.
Anything to advance their agenda.
I read a couple of months ago about a battle in Korea during the early going where we lost 3000+ men in one night.
The MSM deathwatch continues.
They forgot the good news about Saddam. Oh wait, never mind. There were no WMDs, no terrorists, no al-qaeda, no torture, no rape rooms, no gas attack on the Kurds. Bush Lied, People Died. /msm talking points.
I'm not a huge fan of how the Iraqi Liberation is going (notice I did not text Occupation), But I do believe the body count, of the enemy, IS ALOT HIGHER THAN 3000.
War..................Deaths..Addendum
American Revolution..25,324..Bunker Hill cost 400 American lives
War of 1812...........2,260
Mexican War..........13,283
Civil War
Union...............498,332
Confederacy.........364,821..Antietam cost 5,000 lives on both sides: bloodiest day in American history
Spanish-American War..2,446
World War I.........116,516..Battle of Somme cost 19,240 British lives on a single day (total British casualties that day: 57,470)
World War II........405,399
Other Losses:
Soviet:..........10,000,000
German:...........3,500,000
Japan:............1,500,000
British:............280,000..At Dunkirk the British suffered 68,000 casualties
Korean War...........54,246
Vietnam War..........56,244
Panama Invasion..........23
Gulf War (1991).........148
(sorry I don't know how to show this as a chart)
The LibeRats were saying????
Buried in the article, we find;
"The Marine deaths reported Friday brought the number of U.S. military fatalities in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion to 2,996, icasualties.org said, with 816 of them occurring this year. Last year, 846 American service members died; in 2004, the figure was 848."
"The number of U.S. wounded is also down this year — 5,676 compared with 5,947 in 2005 and 8,001 in 2004."
Don't look for those statistics to ever make headlines.
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