U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As of Friday, March 11, 2011, at least 4,439 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, 32,037 U.S. service members have been wounded as of Jan. 31, 2011, according to iCasualties.org.

U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq

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U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

As of Friday, March 11, 2011, at least 1,499 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:

Marine Cpl. Jordan R. Stanton, 20, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., died March 4, 2011 while conducting 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.

Army Staff Sgt. Mark C. Wells, 31, San Jose, Calif., died March 5, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 45th Sustainment Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Pfc. Kalin C. Johnson, 19, Lexington, S.C., died March 8, 2011 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Cpl. Loren M. Buffalo, 20, Mountain Pine, Ark., died March 9, 2011 in Kandahar province of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Army Spc. Andrew P. Wade, 22, Antioch, Ill., died March 9, 2011 in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, as a result of a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Army Staff Sgt. Eric S. Trueblood, 27, Alameda, Calif., died March 10, 2011 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, Spinelli Barracks, Mannheim, Germany.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — March 11, 2010

Eric Massa Blasts Dick Cheney

One year ago today, I reported that Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), before his fall from grace, blasted former Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) for their “dishonest, unpatriotic, hypocritical, and highly personal continuing attacks on President Obama.”

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — March 11, 2009

Fears of Escalating Insurgency

Iraqi medics treat wounded state-owned Al-Iraqiya TV reporter Ibrahim al-Kateb at Baghdad’s Al-Yarmuk hospital on March 10, 2009. Kateb was wounded in a suicide blast that killed at least 33 people including tribal leaders and army officers outside the town hall in Abu Ghraib, on Baghdad’s western edge. (Photo credit: Khalil al-Murshidi / AFP — Getty Images)

Two years ago today, on March 11, 2009, I reported that a suicide bomber struck tribal leaders touring a market in a Sunni area west of Baghdad, killing as many as 33 people in the second major attack in the capital area in two days and raising fears that Sunni insurgents may be escalating operations even as the U.S. phases out its combat role in Iraq.