It is interesting, but according to this the only deaths in the military in the past two years are in the Iraq fighting, which can't be correct. And you can't dismiss the casualties in war by saying they are less than or equal to peacetime accidents and illnesses. The fact is soldiers died in the war. In my very humble opinion the numbers are not especially large considering the nature of the war, the number of years of fighting, etc. but of course one soldier lost or wounded is a lot to them, family and friends.
It seems to me they are heroes doing their job for all of us and there is no reason to diminish their losses.