( CNN ) -- No U.S. troops were killed in Iraq in August , marking the first month without an American military death there since the United States invaded the country in 2003 . A total of 4,464 American troops have died in Iraq since the invasion , including 56 since the United States declared an end of combat operations exactly a year ago , according to a CNN analysis of Pentagon statistics . But none died in August , either due to hostile action or from accidents . That 's in stark contrast to the American mission in Afghanistan , where August was the deadliest month since the invasion nearly 10 years ago . At least 66 Americans died there in August , a tally pushed to record levels by the death of 30 troops in a single helicopter crash August 6 . While the United States pulled its combat troops from Iraq last year , between 46,000 and 50,000 troops have remained to provide support and training . They have a January 1 , 2012 , deadline to withdraw , but the United States is widely expected to agree to some kind of limited extension of training personnel and equipment . For Iraqis , August saw the worst wave of violence to strike the country in months . On August 15 , for example , a barrage of attacks across the country killed at least 84 people and wounded more than 200 .
more than 200 American troops have died in Afghanistan -- but not a single one in 2003 . Iraq , on the other hand , saw a record number of Iraq deaths in August .