Order Code RS21578
Updated October 20, 2003
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Iraq: Summary of U.S. Casualties
Glenda Richardson
Information Research Specialist
Information Research Division
Summary
The following casualty table was compiled by the Department of Defense, as tallied
from DOD press releases. Table 1 provides statistics on fatalities during Operation Iraqi
Freedom, which began on March 19, 2003, and is ongoing, as well as on the number of
fatalities since May 1, 2003. Statistics may be revised as circumstances are investigated
and as all records are processed through the U.S. military’s casualty system. This report
will be updated semiweekly, but more frequent updates are available at DOD’s Web site
at [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/]. Click on “OIF Casualty Update.”
A detailed casualty summary which includes data on deaths by cause, as well as
statistics on soldiers wounded in action, is available at the following DOD Web site:
[http://web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/casualty/OIF-Total.pdf].
Table 1. Operation Iraqi Freedom Fatalities
as of October 17, 2003, 10:00 a.m.
Fatalities March 19, 2003,
to the Present
May 1, 2003,
to the Present
Hostile 216 101
Non-Hostile 120 97
Total 336 198
Source: DOD press releases.
Note: The President’s statement about combat operations in Iraq having ended can be found in the
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, May 1, 2003, p. 516.
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