Daily U.S. casualties 7/3/2004

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Daily U.S. casualties 7/3/2004

As of Friday, 858 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 636 died as a result of hostile action and 222 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 59 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Bulgaria and Poland, six each; Ukraine, four; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Netherlands have reported one each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 720 U.S. soldiers have died -- 527 as a result of hostile action and 193 of nonhostile causes.

The latest deaths reported by U.S. Central Command:


A Marine was killed Friday and a second died of wounds suffered in a separate engagement Thursday in Iraq's Anbar province.


The latest identifications reported by the military:


Marine Sgt. Kenneth Conde Jr., 23, Orlando, Fla., was killed Thursday in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Army Sgt. Christopher A. Wagener, 24, Fairview Heights, Ill., died Thursday in Mosul, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle hit a land mine; assigned to the Army's 10th Aviation Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.


Army Spc. Robert L. DuSang, 24, Mandeville, La., died Wednesday in Navstar, Iraq, when his vehicle overturned; assigned to the Army's 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.

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1. kick n/t

[LittleApple81]

2. Apparently, if AMERICAN deaths don't reach 1000 by election BUSH will

win....WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR MEDIA??? Our country???? our citizens????
It has been not only American deaths but Iraqi and other nationalities also. But no matter... why don't 858 count? what about 999? What the Cheney????