The totals:
2301 US
soldiers, 206 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 28,864 to 32,506 Iraqicivilians
have been killed in Iraq
from the beginning of the war and occupation to March 5.
2960 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since
January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.
American soldiers
killed between February 22 and March 5:
Staff Sergeant Curtis T. Howard
II, 32; Ann Arbor, Michigan | Sergeant Gordon F. Misner
II, 23; Sparks, Nevada | Specialist Thomas J. Wilwerth,
21; Mastic, New York | Private Joshua F. Powers, 21; Skiatook, Oklahoma |
Sergeant Dimitri Muscat, 21; Aurora, Colorado | Lance
Corporal Adam J. Vanalstine, 21; Superior, Wisconsin
| Lance Corporal John J. Thornton, 22; Phoenix, Arizona | Private First Class
Benjamin C. Schuster, 21; Williamsville, New York | Specialist Joshua M.
Pearce, 21; Guymon, Oklahoma | Specialist Clay P. Farr, 21; Bakersfield,
California | Specialist Joshua U. Humble, 21; Appleton, Maine | Staff Sergeant Christopher
J. Schornak, 28; Hoover, Alabama | Specialist
Christopher S. Merchant, 32; Hardwick, Vermont | Private First Class Tina M.
Priest, 20; Austin, Texas | Sergeant Joshua V. Youmans,
26; Flushing, Michigan | Lance Corporal Matthew A. Snyder; Finksburg, Maryland
| Staff Sergeant Kevin P. Jessen, 28; Paragould,
Arkansas.
Sources: US Department
of Defense, www.icasualties.org, www.iraqbodycount.net
This article appears in Mar 8-14, 2006.
