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After a discussion of the war today, I decided to do a little informal research into the Iraqi war and casualties to compare it to other armed conflicts.

Here's a few tidbits for you. All numbers are approximate and come from sources such as the Iraqi Body Count project, Wikipedia and other fairly reputable Internet news sources.

Coalition military deaths to date: 4,228
US Portion of coalition deaths: 3,921. That's 3,921 US soldiers killed in combat since we started.

In contrast:
Chinese May 12th, 2008 Earthquake: 60,560 dead, may rise as high as 80,000
Vietnam war casualties: Approximately 60,000 US Soldiers killed or missing.