U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As of Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, at least 4,426 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,967 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s most recent weekly tally.

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U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq

Latest identifications:

Army Pfc. David R. Jones Jr., 21, St. Johnsville, N.Y., died Oct. 24, 2010 in Baghdad of of a gunshot wound not related to combat. He was assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Phillip C. Tanner, 43, Sheridan, Wyo., died Oct. 26, 2010 at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 106th Transportation Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

As of Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at least 1,253 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 8,825 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s most recent weekly tally.

Latest identifications:

Army Spc. Gerald R. Jenkins, 19, Circleville, Ohio, died Oct. 20, 2010 in Maquan, Zhari district, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was struck by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade Special Troop Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth K. McAninch, 28, Logansport, Ind., died Oct. 21, 2010 at Yahya Khel district, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Army Staff Sgt. Aracely Gonzalez O’Malley, 31, Brawley, Calif., died Oct. 22, 2010 in Homburg, Germany, of a brain aneurysm suffered sustained Oct. 12 in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. She was assigned to 307th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion, 516th Signal Brigade, 311th Signal Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Spc. Ronnie J. Pallares, 19, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., died Oct. 23, 2010 in Andar district, Ghazni, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 27th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Spc. Steven L. Dupont, 20, Lafayette, La., died Oct. 24, 2010 at Rangrizan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Spc. Thomas A. Moffitt, 21, Wichita, Kan., died Oct. 24, 2010 at Sarobi District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles M. “CJ” Sadell, 34, Columbia, Mo., died Oct. 24, 2010 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered Oct. 5 at Arif Kala, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Marine Lance Cpl. Terry E. Honeycutt Jr., 19, Waldorf, Md., died Oct. 27, 2010 from wounds received Oct. 21 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Army Sgt. Michael D. Kirspel Jr., 23, Hopatcong, N.J., died Oct. 27, 2010 near the village of Khwaja Kinti, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery (Strike), 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — October 28, 2009

Afghan War Closes in on Kabul

An injured man is carried by police following an attack at Bekhtar guesthouse in Kabul, where five U.N. staff were killed. (Photo credit: Romeo Gacad / AFP — Getty Images)

One year ago today, I reported that Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked a residential hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing five U.N. staff members, including an American. Meanwhile, a car bomb coinciding with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s first official visit to Pakistan struck a busy market in Peshawar, killing 100 people, mostly women and children.

Residents, rescue workers and security officials sort through the rubble after a bomb explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (Photo credit: Fayaz Aziz / Reuters)

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — October 28, 2008

Write-in Campaign: Day 10

Two years ago today, on the 10th day of my write-in campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, I reported that the University of Minnesota newspaper, the Minnesota Daily, editorialized that in view of Bachmann’s assertion on “Hardball” with Chris Matthews that Barack Obama might have “anti-American views” and her call on the media to investigate which members of Congress also hold anti-American views, students should make campaign contributions to Bachmann’s Democratic opponent Elwyn Tinklenberg or to her Republican write-in challenger Aubrey Immelman.