Jewish Daily Forward Honors the 37 Jewish Men and Women Killed Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
Scott Rosenblum, account director at Trylon SMR, alerted me to the February 9th article “Profiles of Our Fallen: Readers Respond: Reflecting on the Lives of the American Jewish Service Members Who Died Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan” by Maia Efrem.
Scott emailed: “The story is a special feature that coincides with upcoming 10th anniversary of the US military involvement in Afghanistan and the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The story includes profiles of the confirmed 37 Jewish men and women who have lost their lives in combat in both of these engagements.”
The article starts off with the following video after announcing that 10,000 Jewish soldiers currently serve in the U.S. military and that 37 have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. The video tells the story of two of these heroes.
I would be interested to find out, of the total number of 10,000 Jews currently in the American armed forces, how many are serving in either Iraq, or Afghanistan or any other conflict zone, in front line (contact) positions. The article above states that since 2001 the total number of Jewish soldiers killed is 37. Could you please let the public know, how many non-Jewish American soldiers have been killed there over the same period. Finally, could you please let me have a figure that shows the make up of the grouping of the American armed forces, in terms of religious status and does this figure relate to the general religion demographic make-up of the American population.
Alvis — Thank you for your comment. I do not have any answers to your questions as I am not the reporter who wrote this story.
Through a Google search you should be able to find the total number of American military personnel killed in a specific conflict.
And to the best of my knowledge the U.S. military does not publish religious affiliation figures in general or for specific conflicts.