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Cost of war - 5.24.06

The totals:

2453 US soldiers, 222 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 37,813 to 42,180 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to May 22.

3394 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.

American soldiers killed between May 11 and 18:

Private First Class Eric D. Clark, 22, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin | Private First Class Stephen P. Snowberger III, 18, Lopez, Pennsylvania | Lance Corporal Jason K. Burnett, 20, St. Cloud, Florida | Lance Corporal David J. GramesSanchez, 22, Fort Wayne, Indiana | Second Lieutenant Michael L. Licalzi, 24, Garden City, New York | Corporal Steve Vahaviolos, 21, Airmont, New York| Specialist Armer N. Burkart, 26, Rockville, Maryland | Lance Corporal Adam C. Conboy, 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Specialist Brandon L. Teeters, 21, Lafayette, Louisiana | Specialist Ronald W. Gebur, 23, Delavan, Illinois | Lance Corporal Richard Z. James, 20, Seaford, Delaware | Lance Corporal Jose S. MarinDominguez Jr., 22, Liberal, Kansas | Lance Corporal Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby, 21, Overbrook, Oklahoma | Major Matthew W. Worrell, 34, Lewisville, Texas | Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47, Daleville, Alabama | Chief Warrant Officer 4, John W. Engeman, 45, East North Port, New York | Master Sergeant Robert H. West, 37, Elyria, Ohio | Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jamie D. Weeks, 47, Daleville, Alabama | Captain Shane R. Mahaffee, 36, Alexandria, Virginia |Staff Sergeant Marion Flint Jr., 29, Baltimore, Maryland | Private First Class Grant A. Dampier, 25, Merrill, Wisconsin | Staff Sergeant Santiago M. Halsel, 32, Bowling Green, Kentucky | Corporal William B. Fulks, 23, Culloden, West Virginia | Lieutenant Colonel Daniel E. Holland, 43, San Antonio, Texas | First Lieutenant Robert A. Seidel III, 23, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Sergeant Lonnie C. Allen Jr., 26, Bellevue, Nebraska | Private First Class Nicholas R. Cournoyer, 25, Gilmanton, New Hampshire

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