Foreign contractor deaths in Iraq by country : 355 : 130+"More than 100 Turkish people have been killed in Iraq since the start of the Iraq War in March 2003, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said in a statement on Monday. Nearly all of the killed Turkish people were truck drivers"Over 100 Turks killed in Iraq since outbreak of Iraq war // "XINHUA online" 5th June 2006Bodies of two Turkish truck drivers slain in Iraq return to Turkey Contractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record : 58 : 29 : 20 : 20 : 15 : 8 : 7 : 7 : 7 : 6 : 6 : 5 : 5 : 5 : 5 : 4 : 4 : 4 : 4 : 4 : 4 : 3 : 3 : 3 : 2 : 2 : 2 : 2 : 2 : 1 : 1 : 1
: 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
Total deaths: 749+
As of June 23, 2011, 749 foreign private contractors died in Iraq during the Iraq War. Of those, 355 were Americans, at least 130 were Turks, and 58 were Britons."Total: 468 ... It is understood that the above lists is incomplete." 225 of those killed were private military contractors (PMCs).
The U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that by the end of March 2009, 917 civilian contractors were killed in Iraq, of which 224 (23%) were U.S. citizens. This number was updated to 1,537, by the end of March 2011, with an estimated 354 of these being U.S. citizens. The total number of dead was further updated to 1,569, by July 20, 2012."U.S. civilian contractor fatalities, 1,569."Iraq/Afghanistan military casualties update
The violence has escalated to 3,650 total mercenary deaths in Iraq as of March 2023.
These tables document the deaths of private contractors in Iraq from 2003 to 2011, during and after the Iraq War. These individuals were employed by various companies, often providing support services such as security, logistics, construction, and translation for military and reconstruction efforts. The data includes nationality, name, company, role, cause of death, and sources where available.
2003 Date Nationality Name Company Role Cause of Death April 10, 2003 American Robert Grimm National Response Corp. of Long Island Fireman Vehicle accident on Iraq–Kuwait border May 5, 2003 Swiss Jacob Andersen Unknown Building Corporation Unknown Killed by masked men with knives July 10, 2003 American Name unknown Kellogg, Brown & Root Truck driver Vehicle accident near Basra July 21, 2003 British Peter Rudolf Sub-Surface Eng'g Diver Drowned during dive near Umm Qasr August 5, 2003 American Fred Bryant Jr. Kellogg, Brown & Root Truck driver Roadside bomb near Tikrit August 10, 2003 Nepali Name unknown Unknown Private military company Killed by a riot in Basra August 19, 2003 Assyrian American Nadan Audisho Younadam U.S. Army Translator Killed in an ambush in Tikrit September 3, 2003 American Vernon Gaston Kellogg, Brown & Root Operations Manager Killed in an ambush in Baghdad September 4, 2003 British Ian Rimell Mines Advisory Group Bomb disposal expert Killed in an ambush near Mosul September 12, 2003 Jordanian Name unknown Jordanian hospital Private Military Contractor Killed by friendly fire in Fallujah September 25, 2003 Somali Name unknown "al-Aike" hotel Private Military Contractor Killed by a bomb in Baghdad October 9, 2003 American Kirk von Ackermann IREX Services Private Military Contractor Captured on a road between Kirkuk and Tikrit, still missing and presumed dead November 2, 2003 American Roy Buckmaster, David Dyess EOD Technology, Inc. Bomb disposal experts Roadside bomb in Fallujah November 13, 2003 American Forrest Snare IAP Worldwide Services Private contractor Killed in an ambush west of Balad November 17, 2003 American Brent McJennett Proactive Communications Inc Communications contractor Killed by a land mine in Tikrit November 21, 2003 Hungarian Péter Varga-Balázs ToiFor Kft Truck driver Killed by friendly fire near Ramadi November 23, 2003 American Todd Drobnick, Gordon Sinclair Titan National Security Solutions Translators Vehicle accident between Mosul and Duhok November 29, 2003 Colombian Jorge Arias Duque Kellogg, Brown & Root Private Military Contractor Killed in an ambush in Balad November 30, 2003 South Korean Man-Soo Kim, Kyung-Hae Kwak Omu Electric Co. Electricians Killed in an ambush south of Tikrit December 14, 2003 American Ryan Manelick IREX Services Private Military Contractor Killed in an ambush in Baghdad
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