U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As of Friday, May 6, 2011, at least 4,452 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, 32,049 U.S. service members have been wounded as of Feb. 28, 2011, according to iCasualties.org.

U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq

Latest identification:

Army Pfc. Robert M. Friese, 21, Chesterfield, Mich., died April 29, 2011 in Al Qadisiyah province, Iraq, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

As of Friday, May 6, 2011, at least 1,572 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, 10,468 U.S. service members have been wounded as of Feb. 28, 2011, according to iCasualties.org.

Latest identifications:

Army Sgt. Adam D. Craig, 23, Cherokee, Iowa, died March 4, 2011 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of cancer. He had been deployed to Afghanistan prior to being diagnosed. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa National Guard, Sioux City, Iowa.

Army Cpl. Kevin W. White, 22, Westfield, N.Y., died May 2, 2011 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Spc. Riley S. Spaulding, 21, Sheridan, Texas, died May 4, 2011 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: One Year Ago — May 6, 2010

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One year ago today, I reported that it was not immediately clear why the Dow Jones industrial average lost some 6 percent of its value in a matter of minutes and then recovered almost as quickly in its biggest intraday move in history.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Two Years Ago — May 6, 2009

In the 1970s, “the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter.”

— Michele Bachmann, April 27, 2009.

Bachmann Ignites Truth-O-Meter

Two years ago today, on May 6, 2009, I reported that PolitiFact’s Truth-O-Meter gave U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann a liar “Pants on Fire” rating for her false statement, “I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. And I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.” In fact, the February 1976 scare happened on the watch of Gerald Ford, a Republican — not that President Ford was blameworthy in the least; in fact, he called for a nationwide vaccination program, in which 40 million Americans were vaccinated in just 10 days.