As of Friday, at least 1,349 members of the U.S. military have died
since the beginning of the Iraq war in
March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,056 died
as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.
The AP count is seven higher than
the Defense Department's tally, last
updated early Friday.
The British military has reported 76
deaths; Italy, 19; Poland, 16; Spain,
11; Ukraine, nine; Bulgaria, seven;
Slovakia, three; Estonia, Thailand and
the Netherlands, two each; and Denmark, El Salvador, Hungary and Latvia one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President
Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,211 U.S.
military members have died, according
to AP's count. That includes at least
947 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
There were no new deaths reported
by the military.
The latest identification reported by
the Defense Department:
- Marine Sgt. Zachariah S. Davis,
25, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed
Thursday in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
- Marine Lance Cpl. Julio C. Cisneros Alvarez, 22, Pharr, Texas; killed
Thursday in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine
Palms, Calif.
- Army
Sgt. Bennie J. Washington, 25, Atlanta; died Tuesday in
Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio of injuries sustained Oct. 14 in
Ramadi, Iraq, when his vehicle was
struck by a grenade; assigned to the
44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry
Division, Camp Howze, Korea.
- Army Pfc. Curtis L. Wooten III,
20, Spanaway, Wash.; died Tuesday
in Balad, Iraq, when an explosive detonated near his vehicle; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.
- Army Pvt. Cory R. Depew, 21,
Beech Grove, Ind.; died Tuesday in
Mosul, Iraq, when his vehicle was
struck by a grenade; assigned to the
2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
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