War Dead 12-27-2012
In Afghanistan
• 2,162 U.S. troops killed* (2,162)
• 18,154 U.S. troops wounded in action (18,137)
• 1,263 U.S. contractors killed (1,263)
• 12,793 civilians killed (12,793)
• $595.6 billion cost of war ($594.7 billion)
• $175.9 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($175.6 million)
In Iraq
The war officially ended December 2011 with a total of 4,422 U.S. troops killed, 31,930 wounded in action and undisclosed hundreds of U.S. military suicides. But U.S. contractors have assumed a larger role, high levels of U.S. spending continue, and the body count from civil unrest grows.
• 1,587 U.S. contractors killed (1,587)
• 121,112 to 1.2 million civilians killed* (121,022)
• $809.6 billion cost of war ($809.6 billion)
• $239.1 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($239 million)
Through Dec. 21, 2012; sources: icasualties.org; defense.gov, U.S. Dept. of Labor (contractor deaths updated occasionally)
* highest estimate; source: iraqbodycount.org; based on confirmed media reports; other groups calculate Iraqi civilian deaths as high as 655,000 (Lancet survey, 2006) to 1.2 million (Opinion Research Business survey, 2008). Afghan civilian deaths from guardian.co.uk tallied monthly.
