The Toll of War in Iraq: U.S. Casualties and Civilian Deaths
Chart U.S. military casualties and civilian deaths in Iraq month by month against key events in the war -- and hear about the lives of those who died fighting.
Chart U.S. military casualties and civilian deaths in Iraq month by month against key events in the war -- and hear about the lives of those who died fighting.
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The soldier from Southwest Ohio was missing for four years before an Iraqi tip led the U.S. Army to his remains.
The resident of Wallace, N.C., worked as a police officer and as a butcher, and served in the National Guard. He was on deployment in Iraq when he was killed by mortar fire in Baghdad.
The Navy SEAL from California posthumously receives the Medal of Honor after he threw himself on a hand grenade thrown by an insurgent in Ramadi.
The 14-year veteran chose to return to Iraq for a third tour of duty. The Pennsylvanian was killed by a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in March.
The Florida native was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in March. Rogers was killed by a bomb in Iraq in January.