Cost of war - 1-3-07

The totals:

2980 US soldiers, 249 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 52,054
to 57, 617 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the
war and occupation to December 28.

4626 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since
January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.

American soldiers killed between December 20-December
25:

Specialist Robert J. Volker, 21, Big Spring, Texas | Staff Sergeant
Jacob G. McMillan, 25, Lafayette, Lousiana | Sergeant
Scott D. Dykman, 27, Helena, Montana | Lance Corporal
Myles C. Sebastien, 21, Opelousas, Louisiana | Hospitalman Kyle A. Nolen, 21, Ennis, Texas | Lance Corporal
Ryan J. Burgess, 21, Sanford, Michigan | Lance Corporal Ryan L. Mayhan, 25, Hawthorne, California | Lance Corporal Fernando
S. Tamayo, 19, Fontana, California | Specialist Joshua D. Sheppard, 22,
Quinton, Oklahoma | Sergeant Curtis L. Norris, 28, Dansville, Michigan | Specialist
John Barta, 25, Corpus Christi, Texas | Private Evan
A. Bixler, 21, Racine, Wisconsin | Private First
Class Eric R. Wilkus, 20, Hamilton, New Jersey | Specialist
Elias Elias, 27, Glendora, California | Specialist
Chad J. Vollmer, 24, Grand Rapids, Michigan | Private First Class Wilson A. Algrim, 21, Howell, Michigan | Private Bobby Mejia II,
Saginaw, Michigan | Specialist Michael J. Crutchfield, 21, Stockton, California
| Lance Corporal Stephen L. Morris, 21, Lake Jackson, Texas | Sergeant Jason C.
Denfrund, 24, Cattaraugus, New York | Sergeant John
T. Bubeck, 25, Collegeville, Pennsylvania | Specialist
Aaron L. Preston, 29, Dallas, Texas | Private First Class Andrew H. Nelson, 19,
Saint Johns, Michigan | Sergeant Jae S. Moon, 21, Levittown, Pennsylvania | Specialist
Joseph A. Strong, 21, Lebanon, Indiana | Specialist Douglas L. Tinsley, 21,
Chester, South Carolina | Sergeant First Class Dexter E. Wheelous,
37, Winder, Georgia