U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As of Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at least 4,438 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to iCasualties.org.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 32,009 U.S. service members have been wounded as of Dec. 31, 2010, according to iCasualties.org.

U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq

Latest identifications:

Army Spc. Lashawn D. Evans, 24, Columbia, S.C., died Feb. 15, 2011 in Baghdad province, Iraq, in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson, 20, Clarksville, Tenn., died Feb. 17, 2011 due to a non-combat incident in Southwest Asia. [According to a media report, he was killed while on security patrol at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, as the result of a vehicular accident.] He was assigned to the 423rd Security Forces Squadron, Royal Air Force Alconbury, England.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Corey C. Owens, 26, San Antonio, Texas, died Feb. 17, 2011 due to a non-combat incident at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. He was assigned to the 47th Security Forces Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

As of Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at least 1,476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan as a result of the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to iCasualties.org.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 9,971 U.S. service members have been wounded as of Jan. 31, 2011, according to iCasualties.org.

Latest identifications:

Army Spc. Jonathan A. Pilgeram, 22, Great Falls, Mont., died Feb. 17, 2011 in Konar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Marine Sgt. Matthew J. DeYoung, 26, Talent, Ore., died Feb. 18, 2011 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — February 18, 2010

‘Bizarre’ Bachmann ‘No Friend’

One year ago today, I reported that the Fargo-Moorhead Forum ran an informative editorial on Rep. Michele Bachmann, the face of an emerging brand of American protofascism spawned by the “perfect storm” of the attacks of 9/11, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the election of America’s first African-American president.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — February 18, 2009

Afghan Deaths at All-Time High

A school boy killed by an explosion is seen surrounded by relatives, as some chant anti-U.S. and Afghan government slogans in Rodad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo credit: Rahmat Gul / AP)

Two years ago today, on Feb. 18, 2009, I reported that the number of Afghan civilians killed in armed conflict surged to a record 2,118 in 2008 as the Afghanistan war turned increasingly bloody. Insurgents were responsible for 55 percent of the deaths, but U.S., NATO, and Afghan forces killed 39 percent, the report said. Of the 829 deaths by the coalition forces, 552 were blamed on airstrikes.