US military death toll for 2005 nears last year’s level
31 December 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two more US soldiers were killed in Iraq as the year wound down, putting the American military death toll at 841 so far - just five short of 2004’s lost lives despite political progress and dogged efforts to quash the insurgency. ...
Their deaths brought the number of US military members killed so far in 2005 to 841, of whom 64 died in December. A total of 846 troops died in 2004 and 485 in 2003. The worst month in 2005 was January with 106 fatalities, followed by November with 96 and August with 85. ...
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