Remembering Massachusetts' 77 Casualties of the Iraq War

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 77 from Massachusetts. 

Among them, five people from Boston. From the CNN war casualties web site:

• Sgt. Marquis R. Porter, 28. The Marine from Brighton died in a non-hostile incident in Anbar Province on Jan. 11, 2009.
• Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran, 24. The Roxbury resident died from injuries suffered in a non-hostile incident in Tikrit on Aug. 10, 2007.
• Sgt. Gregory A. Wright, 28. The Boston resident was killed in by a roadside bomb that exploded near his vehicle in Muqtadya on Jan. 13, 2007.
• Sgt. Daniel J. Londono, 22. The resident of Boston was one of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb struck their Humvee in Baghdad on March 13, 2004.
• Chief Warrant Officer Kyran E. Kennedy, 43. The Boston resident was one of six soldiers killed when their Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Tikrit on Nov. 7, 2003.