What are the casuality figures for American forces in Iraq for those permanently injured or disabled?

Answer 1

Over 20,000 seriously wounded/maimed. The figures go up every day - and are reported accurately each night on Lou Dobbs.

Answer 2

It's generally assumed that serious injury means amputation, but there was less than 150 amputations from the begining to around last September. There was a story in last weeks paper of a woman that was involved with a IED and even though she suffered two collapsed lungs and broke some bones, she is walking around without aid although she is no longer in the service.

Also many of those wounded in the injury talley are from multiple events. John Kerry represented 3 in the wounded in action count in Vietnam. Well the same thing is happening in this fighting. A guy sufffers heat stroke one day, sprains an ankle another day, dislocates a shoulder another day and breaks his leg another day that's 4 counts on the wounded in action report.

Answer 3

There are more wounded and less dead then previous wars because of the improved protective gear Soldiers now wear. Yes it is very sad when a Soldier becomes disabled, but all I have know are proud as hell to have served and would rather have one leg then no pride.

Answer 4

it depends on how you define 'disabled.' Technically I am 'disabled' because I was no longer considered to be medically fit for further combat duty. However I am now retired and holding a decent civilian job, raising a family and physically able to do just about anything I want to. (Including sports and outdoor activities.)

Am I 'disabled?'

Answer 5

The numbers are actually very low for a war of this duration...


check this out.

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm

Answer 6

2887 dead
over 18000 wounded (8000 no able to return to duty)

Answer 7

there are more wounded/injured than those who are dead.