Active Duty Military Deaths Since 2006 Total 15,851, 28% in Combat, How About the Rest?

Recent Trends in Active-Duty Military Deaths Photos, DOD Summary of Deaths from Congressional Records, FAS  Since 2006—five years after the start of major combat operations in Afghanistan and three years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq—a total of 15,851 active-duty personnel and mobilized reservists have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Seventy-two percent …