Since fighting began on March 19, 2003, more than 3,600 coalition troops have lost their lives in the conflict in Iraq. Of that number more than, 3,300 are U.S. troops. Thousands of others have been wounded on and off the battlefield. List of U.S. and coalition casualties. President Bush declared an end to major combat operations on May 1, 2003, though guerrilla resistance in Iraq has continued to claim lives and headlines almost daily. Click through the gallery to see a CNN count of U.S. and coalition casualties charted by country, race, age and gender.