War Dead 7-12-2012
In Afghanistan
• 2,021 U.S. troops killed* (2,017)
• 16,687 U.S. troops wounded in action (16,584)
• 1,173 U.S. contractors killed (1,131)
• 12,793 civilians killed (12,793)
• $545.1 billion cost of war ($542.5 billion)
• $161.1 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($160.2 million)
In Iraq
The war officially ended December 2011 with a total of 4,422 U.S. troops killed, 31,927 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)
• 117,311 to 1.2 million civilians killed* (116,980)
• $805.1 billion cost of war ($804.8 billion)
• $237.7 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($237.6 million)
Through July 9, 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.
