In Afghanistan
• 2,194 U.S. troops killed* (2,194)
• 18,418 U.S. troops wounded in action (18,404)
• 1,353 U.S. contractors killed (1,353)
• 16,179 civilians killed (updates NA)
• $632.6 billion cost of war ($630.8 billion)
• $189.8 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($189.2 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 have assumed a larger role, high levels of U.S. spending continue, and the body count from civil unrest grows.
• 1,594 U.S. contractors killed (1,594)
• 122,591 to 1.2 million civilians killed* (122,573)
• $813 billion cost of war ($812.8 billion)
• $243.9 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($243.8 million)
Through April 22, 2013; 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.