Been trying to get some official death counts of US Military personal in
Iraq. Found several news/press release information, problem is none of
them jive. Same day two different affilites of the Associated press can
have differing figures. Found that two totaly different news sources
have one count for one day and over a week later, the count is more than
100 LESS. ?

I went to the US State.gov but can not seem to find any figures.

Indiana keeps track of it's own, even gives a list of each person
individually, name, rank, job/duty, their home town,how they were
killed. But this figure is higher than those I see reported in those
sites with figures by state.

Where can I find the current, 'official' government figures?

In case anyone is interested here are two different reports


http://icasualties.org/oif/ByState.aspx

Methodology for tracking Coalition Fatality database
U.S. fatalities
Fatalities are added to the database when one or more of the following
occurs:


· A news article is published stating that a U.S. service member has
died, or an obituary stating the name of a fatality. Entries based on
news articles must be confirmed by the DoD.
· Centcom or Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF) release a statement that a
service member has died. Centcom and MNF releases are interchangeable.
Entries based on Centcom releases must be confirmed by the DoD.
· The Department of Defense (DoD) releases the name of a fatality.
The DoD is the ultimate source for fatalities. All deaths reported by
news organizations and Centcom must be confirmed by the DoD.
· A name of a soldier not in our database is found in the Department of
Records listing of OIF fatalities that is updated weekly (well almost
weekly).


By The Associated Press

Updated: 6:24 p.m. ET April 28, 2007
As of Saturday, April 28, 2007, at least 3,346 members of the U.S.
military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,
according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven
military civilians. At least 2,720 died as a result of hostile action,
according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is seven higher than the Defense Department's tally, last
updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 145 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18;
Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, five;
Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each;
and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, one death each.


http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/2006.11.html

Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties POW/MIA


There have been 3,604 coalition deaths -- 3,334 Americans, two
Australians, 145 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, six Danes, two Dutch, two
Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 32 Italians, one Kazakh, three
Latvian, 19 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11
Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of April
26, 2007, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties).
The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors
and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's
governments. The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense
Department. At least 24,912 U.S. troops have been wounded in action,
according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and
examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

The numbers vary slightly because of how the deaths are classified.
Meaning, did the death occur AT the scene? Or some tim e later due to
complications? Did the action occur during a mission, or from an attack?
and so on.

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check this out,,,

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/

up to date, this includes casualties, military personnel throughout the
world...



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