Dabe
The death rate of combat wounded is 10%, far lower then the 30% of WWII and 24% of Vietnam. This info comes from the Harvard Gazette:
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If you are saying that 9,000 soldier have died outside of Iraq and about only 29% of
combat wounded ever even leave Iraq for medical treatment, then that would mean that about 300,000 soldier have been
combat wounded of the 1,048,884 soldier who have rotated through Iraq.
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Of the four units from my State's National Guard that has served or are serving in Iraq (a total of 434 soldier), only one has been wounded to an IED (sent to Germany) and one died in a roll over accident. Three of these units would be considered high risk units. I guess that some how one third of those soldiers forgot about being wounded. Then lets say ten percent of those wounded (14), standing in the welcome home formation forgot they died of those wounds. Also none of those soldier's families even noticed that they came home in a coffin.
Only 13,189 soldiers have received medical treatment in Iraq for every thing ranging from a John Kerry wound, sick stomach, vehicle accident, or actual combat wound.
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