War Dead 8-23-2012
In Afghanistan
• 2,080 U.S. troops killed* (2,067)
• 17,204 U.S. troops wounded in action (17,095)
• 1,173 U.S. contractors killed (1,173)
• 12,793 civilians killed (12,793)
• $558.2 billion cost of war ($554.3 billion)
• $164.8 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($163.7 million)
In Iraq
The war officially ended December 2011 with a total of 4,422 U.S. troops killed, 31,926 wounded in action and undisclosed hundreds of U.S. military suicides. But U.S. contractors are assuming a larger role, high levels of U.S. spending continue, and the body count from civil unrest grows.
• 1,569 U.S. contractors killed (1,563)
• 117,847 to 1.2 million civilians killed* (118,224)
• $806.2 billion cost of war ($805.9 billion)
• $238.1 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($238 million)
Through Aug. 20, 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.
