War Dead 1-3-2013

In Afghanistan

• 2,164 U.S. troops killed* (2,162)

• 18,167 U.S. troops wounded in action (18,154)

• 1,263 U.S. contractors killed (1,263)

• 12,793 civilians killed (12,793)

• $597.8 billion cost of war ($595.6 billion)

• $176.5 million cost to Eugene taxpayers 

    ($175.9 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)

• 121,121 to 1.2 million civilians killed* (121,112)

• $809.8 billion cost of war ($809.6 billion) 

• $239.1 million cost to Eugene taxpayers 

    ($239.1 million)

Through Dec. 28, 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.