http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22CRS+Military+Deaths+Report+to+Congress%22&btnG=SearchBecause the pdf you link to is title incorrectly, and the description is not accurate. An official copy can be found here...
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdfAmerican War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
June 29, 2007
Summary:
This report is written in response to numerous requests for war casualty statistics and lists of war dead. It provides tables, compiled by sources at the Department of Defense (DOD), indicating the number of casualties among American military personnel serving in principal wars and combat actions. Wars covered include the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict, and the Persian Gulf War. Military operations covered include the Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission, Lebanon Peacekeeping, Urgent Fury in Grenada, Just Cause in Panama, Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Restore Hope in Somalia, Uphold Democracy in Haiti, and the ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). For the more recent conflicts, starting with the Korean War, more detailed information on types of casualties, and when available, demographics have been included. This report also cites sources of published lists of military personnel killed in principal wars and combat actions. This report will be updated as events warrant.
Available Versions:
June 29, 2007
July 13, 2005
It also does not take into account the exploding numbers of wounded we now have to help.
American Deaths and Wounded In Combat and Totals
Since war began (3/19/03): 3915 3208
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 3776 3100
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3454 2902
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3056 2575
Since Election (1/31/05): 2478 2312
American Wounded Official Estimated Total Wounded: 28822 23000 - 100000
Latest Fatality Jan. 8, 2008
Page last updated 01/9/08 11:20 am EDT
http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/Ten Percent of U.S. Casualties Evacuated from Iraq have Psychiatric Conditions
United Press International
Feb 18, 2004
10% at Army hospital had mental problems
LANDSTUHL, Germany, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- As many as 1 of every 10 soldiers from the war on terror evacuated to the Army's biggest hospital in Europe was sent there for mental problems.
biggest hospital in Europe was sent there for mental problems.
"We certainly have seen an average, I would say, of 8 to 10 percent of our casualties have some psychiatric or behavioral health issues for which they were evacuated," Cornum told United Press International in an interview at the hospital.
That number excludes soldiers who arrived at Landstuhl for physical injuries who also suffer from mental problems. It also excludes soldiers who do not realize they suffer from mental trauma until they returned to the United States.
A veterans' advocate called the data an "alarming" barometer of the psychological toll from the war in Iraq.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?page=article&id=1542Do you really think the numbers have gotten better since 2004?