But they won't count these as a casualties of war:
On Wednesday, nine days after Sherwood returned from a tour in Iraq, he apparently shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself in their Fort Collins home, Army spokeswoman Dee McNutt said. Sherwood's wife's name was not released.Or these:
Investigators had not determined a motive and results of a planned autopsy had not been released. The couple's 8-month-old child was in the care of a neighbor when the couple were killed, said Eloise Campanella, a spokeswoman for the Larimer County sheriff.
Sherwood, 36, had returned from Iraq on July 25 after spending nearly a year there and was on leave at the time of the shootings, McNutt said.
The independent National Gulf War Service Center estimates that nearly 90 armed forces personnel have committed suicide while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan or after returning home. The estimates are based on official military reports and news accounts, center director Steve Robinson said.
Officials at Fort Hood, Texas, said two soldiers who served in Iraq war killed themselves in separate incidents since Saturday.
