Remembering Lilburn's Iraq War Casualties

The 2003 United States-led invasion of Iraq began 10 years ago this week -- on March 19, 2003. Although officially "over," fighting continues with discouraging persistence.

By one count, the war is directly responsible for 189,000 deaths, not including those who died from hardship caused by the fighting.

CNN has a stunning map of all casualties in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

In all, 4,802 Americans and allies have died in the war, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, including 81 Georgians.

Among them, three men are from Lilburn. From the CNN war casualties web site:

Pfc. Edgar Enrique Cardenas, 35. Cardenas died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, on August 22, 2007.

Cpl. William Alfred Long, 26. Long was one of two soldiers who died on June 18, 2005, in Baquba, Iraq, of wounds sustained on June 17. The troops' Humvee was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades while transporting two detainees in Buritz, Iraq.

Pfc. Kenneth Ellsworth Kincaid IV, 25. Kincaid was one of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee during combat operations in Ar Riyad, Kirkuk province, Iraq, on September 23, 2006.