California’s War Dead

    Military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2001-Present

    Kyle Dayton, 22
    life in iraq is really boring, there is really not a whole lot that goes on out here, not that i am complaining i have a son now and i would like to at least see him before i die.
    —Kyle Dayton, in an e-mail to a friend.
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    Total killed as of May 17, 2012: 699
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    Sources: Times research, Defense Department, iCasualties.org
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    California's War Dead is the Los Angeles Times' collection of stories about the 699 California servicemembers and 474 others based in California who died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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