Amputee Count still being quoted at 199-200

January 7, 2005
By late December, 199 members of the US military fighting in Iraq had lost limbs, and the percentage of wounded troops requiring amputations is double the rate during US wars in the last century. [source]


December 1st
According to U.S. Defense Department statistics, the more than 200 war amputees include 47 who have undergone below-the-knee surgery, 37 who have undergone above the knee surgery, and at least 14 who have lost portions of both their legs. [source]