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Analysis of US Casualties in Iraq by Week and Month - post Baghdad Liberation Day
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| August 8, 2003
Posted on 08/08/2003 8:06:30 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
Analysis of US Casualties in Iraq by Week and Month - post Baghdad Liberation Day
Week of Apr. 10 - Apr.16:
Apr.10: One Marine killed 22 wounded securing Baghdad Mosque: Iraqi regime loyalists, terrorists and paramilitary forces engaged elements of Regimental Combat Team 5 (RCT-5) from the protection of an 8th century Shia Mosque. In over one hour of heavy gunfire exchange, the Marines of RCT-5 cleared the mosque for return to the Iraqi people....Marines quickly assessed the situation. After receiving permission to engage the enemy inside, Marines swiftly defeated the Iraqi fighters, captured 18 paramilitary and seized weapons and explosive caches.
Apr. 12: A U.S. Marine from the First Marine Expeditionary Force was shot and killed guarding a checkpoint at a medical facility - 2 men posing as landscape workers.
Apr. 14: One V Corps soldier was killed and another wounded Monday morning in an apparent accidental weapons discharge incident in the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport, Iraq.
Apr.14: Two V Corps soldiers were killed and two injured in an apparent accidental detonation of a grenade while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle in a checkpoint south of Baghdad.
Apr.15: BAGHDAD -- A Marine from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force was shot and killed yesterday evening after being mistaken for an enemy soldier.
Apr. 16: Three V Corps soldiers were wounded by unexploded ordnance on Wednesday while conducting a patrol.
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Total US casualties week of Apr.10 - Apr.16:
6 killed (4 NH) 28 wounded (3 NH): 34 casualties (7 NH) (23 of those (1k 22W) securing the Mosque).
Week of Apr. 17 - 23:
Apr. 19: Four soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) were injured Saturday in Baghdad when unexploded ordnance detonated after a local child attempted to turn it over to the soldiers.
Apr. 22: Three U.S. Marines from the First Marine Expeditionary Force were killed and seven injured when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization malfunctioned. The incident occurred in a remote area near the city of Al Kut
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Total US casualties week of Apr. 17 - Apr. 23:
3 killed (NH) 11 wounded: 14 casualties (14 NH)
Week of Apr. 24 - 30:
Apr. 26: ..individuals attacked U.S. Third Infantry Division soldiers who were guarding a cache of captured Iraqi ammunition near Baghdad this morning. One soldier was wounded in the attack.
Apr. 26: TIKRIT, IRAQ – One soldier was killed and one injured yesterday when their Bradley Fighting Vehicles rolled over at a Coalition checkpoint here.
Apr. 27: U.S. Army Civil Affairs soldiers - ambushed - downtown Baghdad...four soldiers injured.
Apr. 29: A U.S. soldier assigned to the Coalition Land Forces Component Command Headquarters was shot and wounded by an unknown assailant while traveling in downtown Baghdad.
Apr. 30: Fallujah - Iraqi civilians throwing rocks and firing weapons attacked a convoy... One U.S. soldier was injured by a rock thrown through a windshield.
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Total US casualties the week of Apr. 24 - Apr. 30:
1 killed (1 NH) 8 wounded (1 NH): 9 casualties (2 NH)
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Total US Casualties - Month of April Post-Baghdad Liberation Day:
Week of Apr. 10 - Apr. 16: 6 killed (4 NH) 28 wounded ( 3 NH): 34 casualties ( 7 NH) (23 of those (1k 22W) securing the Mosque).
Week of Apr. 17 - Apr. 23: 3 killed (3 NH) 11 wounded (11 NH): 14 casualties (14 NH)
Week of Apr. 24 - Apr. 30: 1 killed (1 NH) 8 wounded ( 1 NH): 9 casualties ( 2 NH)
8 Total: APRIL Post-Baghdad Liberation:
10 killed (8 NH) 47 wounded (15 NH): 57 casualties (23 NH) (23 casualties (1k 22W) securing Mosque, Apr.10).
May 1st President Bush announced the end of major operations.
Week of May 1 - May 7:
May 1: Attack on Coalition patrol - small arms - Baghdad. One soldier received minor wound.
Iraquis w/ grenades and small arms attacked Coalition soldiers - Al Fallujah. Seven wounded; five required medical evacuation.
May 1: A V Corps soldier was killed near Al Habbaniyah - his tank rolled off an embankment into a river.
A Coalition soldier was injured - northern Baghdad after stepping on buried unexploded ordnance.
A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle and two Land Rovers struck an unidentified explosive device near Al Qurnah. Ten Coalition soldiers were injured.
A Coalition Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldier was injured when the fuse he was attempting to remove from an RPG detonated.
May 3: KIRKUK -- A solider assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade died from a gunshot wound after an apparent accident involving his personal weapon.
May 4: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 3rd Infantry Division soldier was shot in the head, wounded, by an Iraqi civilian at an intersection.
May 4: (Kuwait) CAMP NEW JERSEY, KUWAIT - A soldier w/ U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
May 6: Three Iraqis armed with AK-47s and grenades fired on 3rd Infantry Division soldiers who were investigating a reported fire in downtown Baghdad May 5th.One soldier was wounded in the right knee from an enemy round.
May 7: Three soldiers - 4th Infantry Division - injured when unexploded ordnance detonated - walking in previously unoccupied area nr Baqubah Airfield.May 7: A 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment OH-58D helicopter rolled over in the vicinity of Al Alasad May 6. The two pilots are reported to be in good condition.
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Total US casualties week of May 1 - May 7:
3 killed (all non-enemy) 27 wounded (3 NH): 30 total casualties (6 NH)
Week of May 8 - May 14:
May 8: A V Corps soldier killed by an unknown attacker with a pistol in east Baghdad.
May 8: A High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) struck a mine in Baghdad May 8, injuring two soldiers.
May 9: CAMP VICTORY, IRAQ -- Three 4th Infantry Division soldiers died and one was injured May 9 when a UH-60 helicopter crashed into the Tigris River the vicinity of Samarrah, Iraq.
May 9: CAMP DOHA, Kuwait – A Marine assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in a vehicle accident in Kuwait May 9 at approximately 8 p.m.
May 12: CAMP CHESTY, IRAQ – Two First Marine Expeditionary Force Marines died May 12 of wounds inflicted when unexploded ordnance they were handling detonated.
May 13: TAJI, Iraq -- Fourth Infantry Division soldiers moving barrels in order to get to ammunition in a warehouse were exposed to unknown industrial chemical that leaked out of a 55-gallon drum. All soldiers involved were decontaminated at the scene. Twenty-two soldiers were medically evacuated to the 21st Combat Support Hospital for evaluation and treatment, and four are being held for observation at the battalion aid station. A FOX chemical detection vehicle dispatched to the site indicated the chemical was not a nerve, blister or blood chemical agent and confirmed it as an industrial toxin.
May 13: AL HILLAH, Iraq – A First Marine Expeditionary Force Marine died - trapped in a munitions bunker that caught fire and exploded.
May 14: Unknown assailants fired two rocket-propelled grenades at a building used by the 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment near Fallujah early this morning. Two soldiers received minor injuries.
May 14: One soldier was killed and two were injured when a five-ton vehicle in a unit attached to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) was involved in a traffic accident on Highway 2 near Irbil, Iraq.
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Total US casualties week of May 8 - May 14:
9 killed (8 NH) 29 wounded (27 NH): 38 total casualties (35 NH) (22 wounded -observation / released moving industrial chems.)
Week of May 15 - May 21:
May 15: V Corps soldiers responded to reports of gunfire at a Mosul bus station after a lone male suspect brandishing a pistol injured two Iraqi civilians late Wednesday morning. The suspect fired at the soldiers, then fled the scene. One soldier received a grazing wound to the lower leg, but was returned to duty shortly after the incident.
May 17: An Najaf - A cordon and search operation by Marines from 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment resulted in the capture of 20 Iraqis... A Marine was shot in the lower leg by an Iraqi during the operation.
May 17: One V Corps solider was killed and three others injured in the detonation of a piece of unexploded ordnance in Baghdad on Saturday.
May 18: A U.S. soldier from the Fourth Infantry Division died at approximately 10:00 a.m. today in Iraq as a result of a non-hostile gunshot would.
May 18: A 1 Marine Expeditionary Force Marine died and one Marine was injured today in a truck accident southeast of Al Samawah.
May 19: A U.S. soldier was killed in a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 8 near Safwan, Iraq.
May 19: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) soldier was shot in the chest at a traffic control point Monday evening. The soldier is in stable condition.
May 19: Al Hillah, Iraq - A 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Ch-46 Sea-Knight helicopter crashed shortly after take-off yesterday afternoon in the Shat Al Hillah Canal. Crew of four lost. Two Marines on the bank of the canal entered the water and one drowned attempting a rescue.
May 20: One Second Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment soldier shot when Iraqis attempted to run a coalition roadblock in Baghdad.
May 21: A Task Force Ironhorse soldier was killed nr Baqubah, apprx 30 miles n of Baghdad - High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) he was riding in rolled over. One passenger suffered a bruised leg.
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Total US casualties week of May 15 - May 21:
10 killed (9 NH) 9 wounded (5 NH): 19 total casualties (14 NH) (5 from helicopter acc.- drowning)
Week of May 22 - May 28:
May 25: AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ – One U.S. soldier was killed and another injured Sunday in an explosion at facility which contained Iraqi ammunition here.
May 26: One U.S. soldier was killed this morning, and another wounded when a 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment convoy was attacked this morning near Hadithah, a town about 120 miles northwest of Baghdad
May 26: One soldier was killed and two injured while traveling down a main supply route northwest of Talil today. A tractor-trailer collided with a high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV).
May 26: One U.S. soldier was killed and three injured this afternoon when a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) ran over a landmine or unexploded ordnance on Highway 8.
May 26: A U.S. soldier drowned Monday afternoon after diving into an aqueduct south of Kirkuk, Iraq.
May 27: AL FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A force attacked a U.S. Army unit - rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. One Soldier was killed and seven others were injured.
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Total US casualties week of May 22 - May 28:
6 killed (3 NH) 14 wounded (3 NH): 20 total casualties (6 NH) (8 from Fallujah attack)
May 29 - May 31:
May 29: ANACONDA, Iraq – A U.S. soldier was killed by hostile fire while traveling on a main supply route in Iraq today.
May 30: Three soldiers were killed and six injured when a light-medium tactical vehicle (LMTV) was involved in a traffic accident between Mosul and Tikrit today. Updated.
Total May 29 -31: 4 killed (3 NH) 6 wounded (NH)
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Week of May 1 - May 7: 3 killed (3 NH) 27 wounded (3 NH) : 30 casualties (6 NH)
Week of May 8 - May 14: 9 killed (8 NH) 29 wounded (27 NH): 38 casualties (35 NH) (22 wounded -observation / released moving industrial chems.)
Week of May 15 - May 21: 10 killed (9 NH) 9 wounded (5 NH): 19 casualties (14 NH) (5 from helicopter acc.- drowning)
Week of May 22 - May 28: 6 killed (3 NH) 14 wounded (3 NH): 20 casualties (6 NH) (8 from Fallujah attack)
+ May 29 -31: 4 killed (3 NH) 6 wounded (6 NH): 10 casualties (9 NH) (9 in one veh. accid)
8 Total May: 32 killed (26 NH) 85 wounded (44 NH): 117 casualties (70 NH) (22 wounded = observation / released - industrial chems. May 13)
Week of June 1 - June 7:
June 2: A soldier - U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division died - wounds received when a checkpoint nr Balad was attacked w/ small arms and rocket-propelled grenades.June 5: One soldier was killed and five were wounded early Thursday morning in Al Fallujah when an unknown assailant fired at them with a rocket-propelled grenade. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
June 5:Two soldiers were wounded by two assailants with pistols while guarding a bank in Central Baghdad Thursday morning.
June 6: A U.S. Navy Seabee serving with the First Marine Expeditionary Force died early Friday morning in Al Kut after handling unexploded ordnance near a barracks. The sailor was killed instantly and three others were injured.
June 6: One soldier was killed and two injured yesterday, June 6, 2003, in a vehicle accident about 35 kilometers north of Baghdad.
June 7: One U.S. soldier was killed and four were wounded this morning near Tikrit, Iraq by rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire.
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Total US casualties week of June 1 - June 7:
5 killed (2 NH) 16 wounded (5 NH): 21 total casualties (7 NH)
Week of June 8 - June 14:
June 9:
One U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire late Sunday evening while manning a traffic control point here.June 10:
The 4th Infantry Division continued in its efforts to locate remaining pockets of paramilitary forces and Ba’ath party loyalists north of Baghdad. Three hundred eighty-four people have been detained for interrogation, 30 are confirmed as pro-regime. Twelve individuals attempted to escape by boat, but were captured. Four soldiers were wounded, though none of their injuries were life-threatening. Operation Peninsula Strike.
June 10: One paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team was killed and a second injured -rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack while operating a trash collection point in southwest Baghdad.
June 12: The assault on the terrorist training camp - direct firefight ensued with ground forces - included members of the 101st Airborne Division. One Coalition soldier received minor wounds.
June 12: U.S. Air Force F-16CG fighter aircraft crashed southwest of Baghdad. The pilot ejected safely. He was transported to the nearest facility for medical care.
June 13: Coalition soldier was found dead in a lake contained within a military compound near Fallujah this afternoon.
June 13: One V Corps soldier died and eight others were injured in an armored vehicle roll over accident 20 kilometers south of Al Asad Air Base, Iraq at approximately 8:00 a.m. today.
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Total US casualties week of June 8 - June 14:
4 killed (2 NH) 15 wounded (9 NH): 19 total casualties (11 NH) (9 - 1k 8 w- in one veh. accident)
Week of June 15 - June 21:
June 15: A U.S. Marine from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force died at approximately 8:45 p.m. in An Najaf June 15 as a result of a non-hostile gunshot wound.
June 15: A U.S. soldier died Sunday in an apparent non-hostile incident in the Taji area of Iraq.
June 17: A soldier assigned to the First Armored Division died of a gunshot wound from enemy gunfire early this morning in the Northwest section of Baghdad.
June 18:
1st Armored Division soldier was killed and one wounded in an shooting attack this morning at a petroleum gas distribution plant in Baghdad.June 19:
One 804th Medical Brigade soldier was killed and two injured in a rocket propelled grenade attack on a military ambulance north of Camp Dogwood in the town of Al Iskandariyah.
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Total US casualties week of June 15 - June 21:
5 killed (2 NH) 3 wounded: 8 total casualties (2 NH)
Week of June 22 - June 28: (there were no casualties June 29-30)
June 22: One U.S. soldier was killed and one injured in a grenade attack on a military convoy south of Baghdad, in Khan Azad.
June 24: A U.S solider was wounded in a small arms firefight at a checkpoint in Ar Ramadi on June 24.
June 24: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A soldier in the 1st Armored Division died June 24 in a noncombat incident.
June 25: AL HILLAH, Iraq – A Marine died and two others were injured here June 25 when the light armored vehicle they were traveling in rolled over on a soft shoulder of the road.
June 26: One special operations force service member was killed and eight injured in a hostile fire incident on the morning of June 26 in southwest Baghdad.
June 26: BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two U.S. soldiers, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Seven, missing since June 25 from their post approximately 40 kilometers north of Baghdad. June 28: Update: Missing soldiers remains recovered. More.June 27: BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in an ambush attack near An Najaf June 26 while investigating a car theft.
June 28: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 1ST Armored Division soldier was killed and four wounded following a grenade attack on their convoy in Baghdad’s Thawra neighborhood June 27.
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Total US casualties week of June 22 - June 28:
8 killed (2 NH) 16 wounded (2NH) : 24 total casualties (4 NH)
Total US Casualties - June:
Week of June 1 - June 7: 5 killed (2 NH) 16 wounded (5 NH): 21 total casualties (7 NH)
Week of June 8 - June 14: 4 killed (2 NH) 15 wounded (9 NH): 19 total casualties (11 NH) (9 - 1k 8 w- 1 veh. accident)
Week of June 15 - June 21: 5 killed (2 NH) 3 wounded: 8 total casualties (2 NH)
Week of June 22 - June 28: 8 killed (2 NH) 16 wounded (2 NH) : 24 total casualties (4 NH)
June 29-30: 0 casualties
8 Total June: 22 killed (8 NH) 50 wounded (16 NH): 72 casualties (24 NH)
Week of July 1 - July 7:
July 1: A U. S. Army 352nd Civil Affairs Command soldier died of wounds received July 1, when his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
July 2: KARBALA, Iraq – A Marine from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force died and three were injured while conducting mine-clearing operations.
July 3:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 1st Armored Division soldier and a 6-year-old boy were wounded during a firefight in the Kadhimyah neighborhood.July 3:
A soldier attached to the 1st Armored Division died of a gunshot wound in a non-combat incident July 3 in Baghdad.July 3:
Three soldiers from the 1st Armored Division were wounded when a rocket-propelled grenade hit their three-vehicle convoy in Baghdad’s Sheikh Marus neighborhood.
July 3: A 1st Armored Division soldier was shot and killed by small arms fire while protecting the Baghdad Museum at about 8:30 p.m. July 3.
July 3:
* Two soldiers in the 4th Infantry Division area of operations are in stable condition - mortar attack at a logistics camp near Balad. Fourteen other soldiers were treated for minor injuries and returned to duty.
July 6: Operation Sidewinder* Concludes : Over the seven days of Operation Sidewinder -conducted by the 4th Infantry Division, which concluded July 5th - there were 30 casualties from Iraqi non-compliant forces and 28 coalition forces injuries (16 July 3, unsure if others are in supporting ops, elsewhere on this page, 12 may be counted twice).
July 6: A U.S. soldier from the 1st Armored Division died as a result of a hostile gunshot wound received on July 6, while guarding the Baghdad University.
July 6:
1st Armored Division soldier died during a firefight patrolling in the Ad Hamiyah neighborhood.
July 7: A soldier was killed when an explosive device struck his vehicle during a routine patrol in the Kadhimyah neighborhood
July 7: BALAD, Iraq – A U.S. soldier attached to the 101st Airborne Division died of a gunshot wound in a non-combat incident on July 7.
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Total US casualties week of July 1 - July 7:
8 killed (3 NH) 32 wounded (3 NH): 40 total casualties (5 NH) (28 wounded in Operation Sidewinder - 14 returned to duty)
Week of July 8 - July15:
July 9: A 3rd Corps Support Command soldier was shot and killed - convoy ambushed by small arms fire nr the city of Al Mahmudiya.
July 9: Baghdad - A 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and one wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on their convoy.July 9: BALAD, Iraq – A 4th Infantry Division soldier died on July 9 from a non-hostile gunshot incident.
July 12: BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two 4th Infantry Division soldiers were wounded and one subsequently died from a non-hostile gunshot incident.July 13:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – One soldier was killed and two others injured - tractor trailer crashed into their military vehicle parked at a check point outside of a base camp nr Ad Diwaniyah.
July 13: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 3rd Infantry Division soldier was killed and six others were wounded - Al Mansor district -convoy ambushed in a multiple rocket-propelled grenade attack. Update: One soldier was killed, 10 injured - 7 returned to duty.
July 15: AL HILLAH, Iraq - A 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Marine died - result of injuries after falling from the top of a building where he was standing guard duty. -----
Total US casualties week of July 8 - July 15:
7 killed (4 NH) 14 wounded (3 NH): 21 total casualties (7 NH) (7 returned to duty)
Week of July 16 - July 22:
July 16: A 3rd Corps Support Command soldier was killed and three others wounded - rocket-propelled grenade attack on their convoy nr Abu Ghuraib prison in the western part of Baghdad.July 17:
AL HAMISHIYAH, Iraq -- A Navy sailor from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force died yesterday from a non-hostile gunshot wound.July 18:
A 3rd Infantry Division soldier was killed today as his vehicle passed an Improvised Explosive Device west of Fallujah.July 19:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 1st Armored Division soldier died from injuries received from a small arms and rocket-propelled grenade attack - Abu Ghuraib neighborhood.
July 20: MOSUL, Iraq -Two soldiers -101st Airborne Division were killed and one wounded when their unit was ambushed with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire near Tal Afar.
July 20: One soldier was killed and two were injured in a military vehicle rollover accident July 20 near Baghdad International Airport.July 21:
One 1st Armored Division soldier was killed and three others wounded when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device and was then engaged with small arms fire in the As Sulaykh district of Baghdad.
July 22: AR RAMADI, Iraq – A soldier w/ 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment was killed and one wounded - convoy hit with rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire in an ambush - road between Balad and Ar Ramadi.
July 22: – Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and special forces personnel conducted an operation in Mosul the afternoon of July 22 resulting in the deaths of Qusay and Uday Hussein - four Coalition soldiers were wounded.
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Total US casualties week of July 16 - July 22:
9 killed (2 NH) 14 wounded (2 NH): 23 total casualties (4 NH)
Week of July 23 - July 29: Week following the death of Ugly and Queasy, the (pitiful and cowardly) revenge of the rat-Ba'athists:
July 23: MOSUL, Iraq– One 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldier was killed and seven 101st AD soldiers wounded when an improvised explosive device struck two military vehicles traveling on Highway 1 outside of Mosul.
July 23: AR RAMADI, Iraq – One 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier was killed, and a soldier and a contractor were wounded when their convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device on Highway 1 in Ar Ramadi.
July 24: MOSUL, Iraq – Three 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, while traveling to Qayarrah West outside of Mosul.
July 26: BA’QUBAH, Iraq – Three 4th Infantry Division soldiers guarding the Ba’qubah Children’s Hospital were killed and four were wounded in a grenade attack.
July 26: BAGHDAD, Iraq – One soldier was killed and two were wounded when their convoy was attacked with small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and possibly an improvised explosive device on Highway 10 near Abu Ghuraib.
July 27: BAGHDAD, Iraq – One soldier was killed and one was wounded - rocket-propelled grenade hit the patrol they were on in the northern Babil province near the village of Al Haswah.
July 28: BAGHDAD, Iraq--One 1st Armored Division soldier died and three others were wounded - individuals dropped an improvised explosive device from an overpass onto their convoy - Al Rashid district of Baghdad.
July 28: BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Army soldier died and one was injured in a vehicle accident - south along Highway 1 north of An Nasiriyah.
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Total US casualties week of July 23 - July 29:
12 killed (1 NH) 20 wounded (1 NH): 32 total casualties (2 NH) (incl. 3 k. 4 w. - attack at children's hosp. July 26)
July 30 - July 31:
July 30:
TIKRIT, Iraq – One 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and two were wounded in a small arms attack at a tactical operation center ~ 40 km east of Ba’qubah.July 31:
One 1st Armored Division soldier was killed and three were wounded when their M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier hit a landmine on a road in Baghdad.
July 31: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A 1st Armored Division soldier died August 1 of a gunshot wound received at approximately 7:30 p.m. on July 31. The soldier was standing outside when a bullet, fired from a celebrating Iraqi, struck him.
-----Total July 30-31: 3 killed (1 NH) 5 wounded: 8 total casualties (1 NH)
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Total US Casualties - July:
Week of July 1 - July 7:
8 killed (3 NH) 32 wounded (3 NH): 40 casualties (5 NH) (28 wounded in Operation Sidewinder - 14 returned to duty)Week of July 8 - July 15: 7 killed (4 NH) 14 wounded (3 NH): 21 casualties (7 NH) (7 returned to duty)
Week of July 16 - July 22: 9 killed (2 NH) 14 wounded (2 NH): 23 casualties (4 NH) Week of July 23 - July 29: 12 killed (1 NH) 20 wounded (1 NH): 32 casualties (2 NH) (incl. 3 k. 4 w. - attack at children's hosp. July 26)
Total July 30-31: 3 killed (1 NH) 5 wounded: 8 casualties (1 NH)
8 Total July: 39 killed (11 NH) 85 wounded (9 NH): 124 casualties (20 NH)
Analysis of US Casualties in Iraq by Week and Month - post Baghdad Liberation Day - Summary:
Total US Casualties - April Post-Baghdad Liberation Day:
Week of Apr. 10 - Apr. 16: 6 killed (4 NH) 28 wounded ( 3 NH): 34 casualties ( 7 NH) (23 of those (1k 22W) securing the Mosque).
Week of Apr. 17 - Apr. 23: 3 killed (3 NH) 11 wounded (11 NH): 14 casualties (14 NH)
Week of Apr. 24 - Apr. 30: 1 killed (1 NH) 8 wounded ( 1 NH): 9 casualties ( 2 NH)
8 Total: APRIL Post-Baghdad Liberation:
10 killed (8 NH) 47 wounded (15 NH): 57 casualties (23 NH) (23 casualties (1k 22W) securing Mosque, Apr.10).
Week of May 1 - May 7: 3 killed (3 NH) 27 wounded (3 NH) : 30 casualties (6 NH)
Week of May 8 - May 14: 9 killed (8 NH) 29 wounded (27 NH): 38 casualties (35 NH) (22 wounded -observation / released moving industrial chems.)
Week of May 15 - May 21: 10 killed (9 NH) 9 wounded (5 NH): 19 casualties (14 NH) (5 from helicopter acc.- drowning)
Week of May 22 - May 28: 6 killed (3 NH) 14 wounded (3 NH): 20 casualties (6 NH) (8 from Fallujah attack)
+ May 29 -31: 4 killed (3 NH) 6 wounded (6 NH): 10 casualties (9 NH) (9 in one veh. accid)
8 Total May: 32 killed (26 NH) 85 wounded (44 NH): 117 casualties (70 NH) (22 wounded = observation / released - industrial chems. May 13)
Week of June 1 - June 7: 5 killed (2 NH) 16 wounded (5 NH): 21 casualties (7 NH)
Week of June 8 - June 14: 4 killed (2 NH) 15 wounded (9 NH): 19 casualties (11 NH) (9 - 1k 8 w- 1 veh. accident)
Week of June 15 - June 21: 5 killed (2 NH) 3 wounded: 8 casualties (2 NH)
Week of June 22 - June 28: 8 killed (2 NH)16 wounded (2 NH) : 24 casualties (4 NH)
June 29-30: 0 casualties
8 Total June: 22 killed (8 NH) 50 wounded (16 NH): 72 casualties (24 NH)
Week of July 1 - July 7: 8 killed (3 NH) 32 wounded (3 NH): 40 casualties (5 NH) (28 wounded in Operation Sidewinder - 14 returned to duty)
Week of July 8 - July 15: 7 killed (4 NH) 14 wounded (3 NH): 21 casualties (7 NH) (7 returned to duty)
Week of July 16 - July 22: 9 killed (2 NH) 14 wounded (2 NH): 23 casualties (4 NH) Week of July 23 - July 29: 12 killed (1 NH) 20 wounded (1 NH): 32 casualties (2 NH) (incl. 3 k. 4 w. - attack at children's hosp. July 26)
Total July 30-31: 3 killed (1 NH) 5 wounded: 8 casualties (1 NH)
8 Total July: 39 killed (11 NH) 85 wounded (9 NH): 124 casualties (20 NH) (21 wounded returned to duty)
8Total APR: Post-4/9 10 k (8 NH) 47 w (15 NH): 57 casualties (23 NH) = 2 k 32 w Hostile Action
(23 casualties (1k 22W) securing Mosque, Apr.10).
8 Total May:
32 k (26 NH) 85 w (44 NH): 117 casualties (70 NH) = 6 k 41w " " 8 Total June: 22 k (8 NH) 50 w (16 NH): 72 casualties (24 NH) = 14k 34w " "
8 Total July: 39 k (11 NH) 85 w (9 NH): 124 casualties (20 NH) = 28k 76w " "
Total: 103 k (53NH) 267 w (84NH): 370 casualties (137 NH) = 50k 183w due to hostile action
Totals include the many troops wounded and returned to duty the following day(s) - 18 wounded and returned to duty during Operation Sidewinder alone, and the grazing wound, the 22 held for observation and released after moving then unknown barrels of industrial chems on May 13. etc..
With casualty numbers so low, one accident - the 9 casualties from one vehicle accident in June, or one raid - the 28 wounded in Operation Sidewinder (12 of whom I may have counted twice - reports are unclear), has a skewing effect on the overall weekly picture on the ground.
Our most dangerous week for hostile activity was the week following the death of the Hussein bad boys. The revenge of the Hussein loyalists cost 11 US lives - and wounded 19 others - 7 casualties from one cowardly grenade attack at a children's hospital.
Care to guess how many bad guys we took out that week?
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The rest of the story:
Iraq is about the size of California.
Iraq has a population of over 24 million. Baghdad, a population of over 5 million.
We have over 150,000 U.S. troops stationed in and around Iraq.
Saddam - and other enemies of America - poured weapons into Iraq before the war - filling schools and warehouses and hospitals across the country - within easy reach of even the children. The vast majority of Iraqi people chose not to fight.
A small percentage of Saddam loyalists and terrorist wannabes remain - tens of thousands of some of the nastiest low-lifes in history. They have no future in Iraq.
OUR press and policiticians give these bad guys false hope daily - every time they hype casualties and ignore the successes of our troops.
The troops KNOW why they are in Iraq. They aren't risking their lives because of 16 words or 28 pages or because we bombed a Sudan aspirin factory following Monica's grand jury testimony - after a decade of ignoring terrorist attacks on US citizens - and incited the Taliban jihad against America.
When OUR press and politicians exaggerate the dwindling enemy's strength and call four months + of outstanding work in Iraq a 'failure of the peace', THEY - and not the troops, the military leaders or the President - threaten the peace.
CENTCOM, the primary news source on Iraq, releases more than casualty counts daily.
They release detailed humanitarian and security logs - the day's good works of the troops across Iraq - reports on each major operation, transcripts of the informative briefings from commanders on the ground, bad guys captured - over 45 reports detailing Coalition progress each month.
8 What OUR guys did to the bad guys and for the longsuffering Iraqi people during the months of: April,
May,
June,
July.
During the 16 weeks following Baghdad Liberation Day: April 10 - August 7: 111 soldiers died (54 due to hostile action), roughly 271 soldiers were wounded serving their country in Iraq.
During the weeks following Baghdad Liberation Day: April 10 - today: 146,000 - 150,000 U.S. troops responded, as always, with focus, determination, and honor - on behalf of their comrades and country.
Quagmire, guerilla warfare, mass US casualties? No.
Not now, not yesterday....in spite of the deliberate efforts of the press, the UN, international socialist NGOs and the Democratic Party of America to undermine the President, the troops, the country, and the will of the people by misrepresenting the situation on the ground to the watching world daily for four short months and 20 days (since the beginning of the war on March 19) - and counting.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
"Analysis of US Casualties" ???
Damned PC military now. We have to 'analyze' this?
2
posted on
08/08/2003 8:11:39 AM PDT
by
steplock
(www.FOCUS.GOHOTSPRINGS.com)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Any idea if Centcom has released figures on the number of female soldiers being sent home from Iraq because they got pregnant?
This was a major scandal in Kosovo but I have not seen any numbers on the current campaign. I read some anecdotes from solidiers in the Middle East who said it was a problem, but I have seen no hard numbers reported anywhere.
3
posted on
08/08/2003 8:12:05 AM PDT
by
JohnGalt
(They're All Lying)
To: steplock
Analysis is a mainstay of military operations, and has been so for a very long time. This is not a new thing, so lighten up.
4
posted on
08/08/2003 8:22:24 AM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: steplock
Facts are stubborn things. Our troops are doing an amazing job in Iraq with
very few casualties. The numbers prove this. I dare anyone who has a problem looking straight at these numbers - through the daily left-wing press smoke and mirrors - to read the over 120 detailed progress reports linked above and to look at the size of our force, the size of the country, the history of Saddam's brutality, the nature of our enemy.
Read up on the operations - dozens of aggressive raids taking in thousands of bad guys, millions of bad guy $$$, mountains of bad guy weapons - and rarely a US casualty.
Look at the big picture. Read what our troops have DONE in Iraq. Read the quotes from the Iraqi people. Read e-mail from the troops, and listen to the military leaders.
This war is not and has never been a quagmire. On the contrary, what they've done in this short time is a miracle, imho.
5
posted on
08/08/2003 8:30:37 AM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam Hussein is no longer bad news. He's a piece of trash waiting to be collected." - C. Powell)
To: MJY1288; Calpernia; ohioWfan; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Coop; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
I finally put it together, the casualties per week and month. It is not exact, the operational details are not complete in the CENTCOM reports - a few casualties (rock through a windshield nicking a troop) are in the Coalition security reports and not individual casualty headlines. I guarantee they are near accurate and certainly accurate for the purposes of explaining to others that during our worst month we lost only 39 troops out of 150,000 across Iraq - and that was the revenge of the Ba'athists following the death of the Hussein boys, and includes 11 non-hostile, and one cowardly grenade attack on our troops at the Children's hospital.
If you want on or off my pro-Coalition ping list, please ping.
6
posted on
08/08/2003 8:36:40 AM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam Hussein is no longer bad news. He's a piece of trash waiting to be collected." - C. Powell)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks for the ping Ragtime Cowgirl.
7
posted on
08/08/2003 8:38:38 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Drop the vase and it will become a Ming of the past.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thank you......thank you!
8
posted on
08/08/2003 8:40:41 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(If we don't post, will he exist?)
To: TexKat; null and void
FYI.
9
posted on
08/08/2003 8:41:06 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(If we don't post, will he exist?)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thank you for your efforts in bringing this information to us so we don't have to rely on the filtered press reports.
I also see a number of "died in sleep, seizure, accidental fall, heart attack, etc. deaths. Do we know if the stress of heat and conditions of Iraq have made these incidents of non-combat deaths higher in Iraq than in other conflicts?
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; LaDivaLoca; bentfeather; Bethbg79; ...
PING
Ragtime Cowgirl : Great Job in putting things in perpespective.
AND for reminding us the real cost of Freedom.
Please Thank someone in the military for ensuring our Freedom.Take a moment and Thank a Service Man or Woman.Just Click on the graphic to SEND an e-mail.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Great job as always. You and our troops.
12
posted on
08/08/2003 8:44:58 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; patton; IGOTMINE
A "freedom isn't free" bump.
13
posted on
08/08/2003 8:45:46 AM PDT
by
Coop
(God bless our troops!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks for the ping....Mike(hubby) asks all the time if they have released the Iraqi casualty reports....he swears they are very high....
14
posted on
08/08/2003 8:48:33 AM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil.)
To: SAMWolf; Howlin; nana4bush; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; facedown; Coop; All
My pleasure.
Thunderstorms are approaching here - I have to go. Please feel free to add the names of anti-warmongers and deceivers to the Keywords list.
Thank you!
15
posted on
08/08/2003 8:51:21 AM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Saddam Hussein is no longer bad news. He's a piece of trash waiting to be collected." - C. Powell)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks for putting this together.
Sorry we had to lose the 39, but it's war.
Tonkin thanks for the ping.
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Each and every lost military member is precious to us. We pray for them and their families. Thank GOD for our Military and may he shield/protect all of them still in harm's way!
Thanks for the ping Tonkin!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I have been trying to find accurate casualty rates for the American occupation of Germany in 1945-46, to put those side by side with the current history in Iraq. I already know that the population of the part of Germany that the US occupied, was about the same as all of Iraq today. The number of occupying Americans is about the same.
I've read the casualty history for the VIIth Corp (Patton's unit) which was disbanded in October, 1945. From those detailed reports on a limited part of the occupation of Germany, it looks like American casualties (both killed and wounded), plus acts of sabotage, plus attacks on German "collaborators" were all about the equivalent of Iraq, today.
Do you have the smarts and the computer skills to get the whole information from Germany in 1945-46, to put that side by side with Iraq, today? Since Germany was an obvious success then and no one used the words "quagmire" or "failure" then, the comparison would put the lie to much of the press and Democrat rhetoric today.
This was also the subject of my last column, posted on FreeRepublic, link below. I look forward to your reaction.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, now up FR, "Sixteen Little Words."
18
posted on
08/08/2003 8:56:44 AM PDT
by
Congressman Billybob
("Don't just stand there. Run for Congress." www.ArmorforCongress.com)
To: 1Mike; 3catsanadog; ~Vor~; ~Kim4VRWC's~; A CA Guy; A Citizen Reporter; abner; Aeronaut; AFPhys; ...
Reference ping!
19
posted on
08/08/2003 9:00:27 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(If we don't post, will he exist?)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Wow. Truly a labor of love on your part, and truly sobering. God bless you for taking the time and effort to do this.
20
posted on
08/08/2003 9:12:45 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
("Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." - Edward Abbey)
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