Total US Casualties in Iraq

Our US Soldiers killed or wounded as of Oct. 26, 2005
Killed in action: 1,564
Non-hostile deaths: 436
Total deaths: 2,001*

Wounded, returned to duty: 8,061
Wounded, can't return to duty** 7,159
Total wounded: 15,220

*One of the deaths could not be categorized.
** Wounded and can't return to duty is defined as a casualty serious enough so that the person involved cannot return to duty within 72 hours.

Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Department of Defense, Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, the Washington Post

US Military Deaths in Major Conflicts

Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 4,435*
War of 1812 (1812-1815) 2,260*
Mexican War (1846-1848) 13,283
Civil War (1861-1865) Estimate: 524,332-529,332**
Spanish-American War (1898) 2,446
World War I (1917-1918) 116,516
World War II (1941-1946) 409,399
Korean War (1950-1953) 36,574
Vietnam War (1964-1973) 58,209
Afghanistan (2001-Oct. 15, 2005) 245
Iraq War/Occupation (2003-Wednesday 26 October 2005) 2,001

* Includes only those killed in action, not those killed by disease or privation.
** Authoritative statistics for the Confederate forces are not available. The final report of the Provost Marshal General, 1836-1866 indicated 133,821 Confederate deaths based on incomplete returns. In addition, an estimated 26,000-31,000 Confederate personnel died in Union prisons.

Source: US Department of Defense, Iraq Coalition Casualty Count The Chronicle.