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As of July 19, 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Defense casualty website, there were 4,431 total deaths (including both killed in action and non-hostile) and 31,994 wounded in action (WIA) as a result of the Iraq War.
Similarly, the ABMC Records do not cover inter-war deaths such as the Port Chicago disaster in which 320 died. As of June 2018 total of US World War II casualties listed as MIA is 72,823 [ 94] e. ^ Korean War: Note: [ 20] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177.
The Iraq War ( Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized : ḥarb al-ʿirāq ), sometimes called the Second Gulf War[ 82][ 83] was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein.
Fred Kaplan wrote: Based on the household surveys, the report estimates that, just before the war, Iraq's mortality rate was 5.5 per 1,000. (That is, for every 1,000 people, 5.5 die each year.) The results also show that, in the three and a half years since the war began, this rate has shot up to 13.3 per 1,000.
28 July – An Iraqi military Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in a sandstorm. All five crew-members are killed. [10]17 April – A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, 95–26648, belonging to the 3-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade crashes on infill about 12 miles (19 km) north of Tikrit while executing an 8 ship air assault at night. 1 U.S. service member killed and 3 crew ...
There were 2,459 United States military deaths in the War in Afghanistan, which lasted from October 2001 to August 2021. 1,922 of these deaths were the result of hostile action. 20,769 American servicemembers were also wounded in action during the war. [1] In addition, 18 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives also died in Afghanistan. [2]
The 2003 invasion of Iraq[ b] was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, [ 24] including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a United States-led combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded the Republic of Iraq.
Planned to end with the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops, and succeeded by Operation New Dawn (see 2010 below). Operation Bastille. September 2002. March 2003. Throughout Iraq. Forward Presence: Was the code name for the operation to deploy force elements and prepare for possible combat operations in Iraq. Objective Buford. March 2003. March 2003.