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Cost of war - 6.7.06

The totals:

2473 US soldiers, 224 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 38,059 to 42,434 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to June 5.

3451 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.

American soldiers killed between May 25 and 31:

Captian Douglas A. Dicenzo, 30, Plymouth, New Hampshire | Specialist Robert E. Blair, 22, Ocala, Florida | Private First Class Caleb A. Lufkin, 24, Knoxville, Illinois | Lance Corporal Kevin A. Lucas, 20, Greensboro, North Carolina | Corporal Richard A. Bennett, 25, Girard, Kansas | Captain Nathanael J. Doring, 31, Apple Valley, Minnesota | Corporal J. Adan Garcia, 20, Irving, Texas | Captain James A. Funkhouser, 35, Katy, Texas | Corporal Jeremy M. Loveless, 25, Estacada, Oregon | Corporal Bobby R. West, 23, Beebe, Arkansas | Specialist Brock L. Bucklin, 28, Grand Rapids, Michigan | Sergeant Benjamin E. Mejia, 25, Salem, Massachusetts | Corporal Alexander J. Kolasa, 22, White Lake, Michigan

Sources: US Department of Defense, www.icasualties.org, www.iraqbodycount.net