[VOA]

Just a sidebar...the fellow I mentioned has been nicely memorialized:

Library to be dedicated to fort soldier killed in Iraq
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666205/posts

[VeniVidiVici]

Thanks for the heads-up. I’m going to Huachuca next year for a reunion. I’ll be sure to look at this.

[amazinggracequo]

“These statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and they may be confirmed by anyone at:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf";

I downloaded this report and find the stats on page 7.

I do note that the statistics show those of the 8 Clinton years - total 7,500 deaths

And the 7 Bush years total 8,792