Casualties of War

Find our pages, interactive graphics, games and News Illustrated more at SunSentinel.com/theedge CASUALTIES OF WAR More than 260 service members from Florida have been killed in the Afghanistan FLORIDA TROOPS KILLED SINCE THE START OF THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WARS and Iraq wars. A look at where the soldiers were from and where they died. AFGHANISTAN IRAQ KEY Each box Circles are sized according to the number of deaths FLORIDA IRAQ WAR DEATHS 10 represents one death. Number of soldiers killed and where they were from, by county: OKALOOSA ESCAMBIA NASSAU Oct. 7 U.S. troops invade Afghanistan. LEON DUVAL 14 BAY WAKULLA Deaths as of May 27 BRADFORD CLAY ST JOHNS IN GLCHRIST LACHUA FLAGLER FLORIDA AFGHANISTAN WAR DEATHS LEVYO MARION March 19 - OKALOOSA U.S. U.K. troops Number of soldiers killed and where they were from, by county: VOLUSIA launch "shock and awe" night air attacks against Iraq. CITRUS SUMTER IIM SEMINOLE WALTON HERNANDO LEON A LAKE ORANGE 16 BAKER DUVAL BAY PASCO CLAY PINELLAS BREVARD IIN HILLSBOROUGH 19 OSCEOLA BY THE NUMBERS ALACHUA POLK PUTNAM FLAGLER MANATEE HIGHLANDS st LUCIE Breakdown of Florida troops who died in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. MARION П м SARASOTA MARTIN III-II M Younger than 20 AGE CITRUS ARLOTTE SEMINOLE PALM BEACH HERNANDOO LAKE LEE IIA ORANGE BROWARD 14 PINELLAS HILLSBOROUCH 20-29 BREVARD IID COLLUER 184 POLK MONROE MANATEEO MIAMI DADE 25 SU LUOE II A MARTIN 30-39 LEE HENDRY PALM BEACH П S 54 ROWARD 40-49 13 COLLIER MIAMI-DADE Older than 50 MILITARY BRANCH IIM II A IIN Army 176 Jan. 10 FLORIDA Bush FLORIDA IRAQ DEATHS: 193 AFGHANISTAN announces an DEATHS: 68 additional 20,000 U.S. troops will go to Iraq, a "surge" to crack down on insurgents. Marines ША 64 IN Navy 16 м TOTAL DEATHS: 261 GENDER Air Force IN Male WHERE FLORIDA WHERE FLORIDA 253 SOLDIERS DIED SOLDIERS DIED Feb. 17 President Obama IN AFGHANISTAN IN IRAO DOHUK approves 17,000 additional troops in Afghanistan. SERR NINEVAH BADAKSHAN BALAKAH KONDOi OWZIAN SULEIMANIYAH Feb. 27 President Obama I A TA'MIM AKHAR Female says most U.S. troops will leave Iraq by Aug. 31. 2010. FARYAB SAMANGAN NURISTAN KONAR 11 SALAHUDDIN 24 KBAMAN KAPISA PARWAN IIN BADGHIS DIYALA ЛономR ARDA A LAGMAN " ARDAK KABUL LOWAR NANGARHAR PAKTIA ANBAR BACHDAD 55 Dec. 1 HERAT 68 President Obama II M II A II M BABIL KARBALA GHAZNI WASIT announces he will send an additional 30.000 troops to Afghanistan. Obama sets July 2011 as the start of a troop drawdown. FARAH ORUZGAN QADISIYAH MISAN ZABO PAKTIKA Florida war-related deaths HELMAND KANDAHAR DHI-QAR outside Afghanistan and Iraq NAJAF 12 Djibouti: 1 Guantanamo Bay. Cuba: 1 Yemen: 1 Kuwait: 6 BASRA Unspecified location: 1 Bahrain: 1 Off the horn of Africa: 1 Gulf of Aden near NIMRUZ MUTHANNA Unspecified location: 3 Note: Sites show where soldiers were fatally injured. in some cases, soldiers died in another location. Sources: Sun Sentinel research, Associated Press Dana Williams SUN SENTINEL RESEARCH Karsten Ivey SUN SENTINEL kiveyesunsentinel.com