INNOCENCE LOST: THE HIDDEN CASUALTIES OF THE IRAQ WAR Family war losses by the numbers Scripps Howard News Service December 15, 2004 War losses for families with children by the numbers: Number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq who had children: 429 Number of children born after their parent died in the war: At least 34 Number of U.S. military mothers who died in the war: At least 6 States with the most children of fallen U.S. troops: California: 103 Texas: 69 New York: 48 Florida: 41 Pennsylvania: 38 Number of children by branch of military: Army: 710 Marines: 139 Navy: 19 Air Force: 13 Coast Guard: 1 How parent died: In hostile fire: 649 By accident or non-hostile incident: 233 Number of children by rank of parent: Officers: 78 Non-commissioned officers: 573 Enlisted: 231 Was deceased parent in regular or reserve unit? Regular: 649 Reserve: 233 By the month in which the parent died: March 2003: 51 April 2003: 60 May 2003: 28 June 2003: 21 July 2003: 43 August 2003: 34 September 2003: 23 October 2003: 28 November 2003: 67 December 2003: 32 January 2004: 43 February 2004: 17 March 2004: 41 April 2004: 94 May 2004: 52 June 2004: 24 July 2004: 36 August 2004: 34 September 2004: 45 October 2004: 49 November 2004: 60 Source: Defense Department casualty reports; family interviews; obituaries; news accounts in hometown newspapers. For the period from the start of the war in March 2003 through November 2004.