Last modified: Monday, March 17, 2008 12:20 PM EDT Iraq: 4,000 dead BAGHDAD _ Sometime soon, the U.S. military will suffer the 4,000th death of the war in Iraq. When the 1,000th American died in September 2004, the insurgency was just gaining steam. The 2,000th death came as Iraq held its first elections in decades, in October 2005. The U.S. announced its 3,000th loss on the last day of 2006, at the end of a year rocked by sectarian violence. The 4,000th death will come with the war further out of the public eye, and replaced by other topics on the front burner of the U.S. presidential campaigns. CLICK HERE for an audio slideshow on military funerals CLICK HERE for an audio slideshow on the Vermont stone shed that makes grave markers for military cemeteries CLICK HERE for an audio slideshow on the impact of the troop increase on the violence in Iraq CLICK HERE for an interactive map that shows U.S. military and civilian deaths in Iraq since January - by province and by incident type CLICK HERE for an interactive graphic that charts the deaths of coalition soldiers in Iraq CLICK HERE for related story