INNOCENCE LOST: THE HIDDEN CASUALTIES OF THE IRAQ WAR


Scripps Howard News Service
December 15, 2004

Here is a list of the number of children, by state, who have lost a parent in the war in Iraq, through the end of November.

                  
  • Alabama ............. 14
  • Alaska .............. 4
  • Arizona ............. 28
  • Arkansas ............ 15
  • California .......... 103
  • Colorado ............ 13
  • Connecticut ......... 2
  • D.C. ................ 2
  • Delaware ............ 4
  • Florida ............. 41
  • Georgia ............. 26
  • Guam ................ 1
  • Hawaii .............. 1
  • Idaho ............... 8
  • Illinois ............ 26
  • Indiana ............. 29
  • Iowa ................ 8
  • Kansas .............. 7
  • Kentucky ............ 16
  • Louisiana ........... 18
  • Maine ............... 6
  • Massachusetts ....... 17
  • Maryland ............ 9
  • Michigan ............ 22
  • Minnesota ........... 5
  • Mississippi ......... 10
  • Missouri ............ 15
  • Montana ............. 3
  • North Carolina ...... 31
  • North Dakota ........ 3
  • New Hampshire ....... 11
  • New Jersey .......... 15
  • New Mexico .......... 8
  • New York ............ 48
  • Nebraska ............ 3
  • Nevada .............. 3
  • Ohio ................ 25
  • Oklahoma ............ 12
  • Oregon .............. 10
  • Pennsylvania ........ 38
  • Puerto Rico ......... 16
  • Rhode Island ........ 3
  • South Carolina ...... 20
  • South Dakota ........ 1
  • Tennessee ........... 29
  • Texas ............... 69
  • Utah ................ 5
  • Virgin Islands ...... 2
  • Virginia ............ 29
  • Vermont ............. 7
  • West Virginia ....... 4
  • Washington .......... 17
  • Wisconsin ........... 20
  • Wyoming ............. 0

(Source: Defense Department casualty reports, family interviews, and obituaries and news accounts in hometown newspapers.)