AP: A Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

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A Daily Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
The Associated Press
Published: Jul 19, 2004






As of Monday, July 19, 890 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 658 died as a result of hostile action and 232 died of non-hostile causes.
The British military has reported 60 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 death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 752 U.S. soldiers have died - 549 as a result of hostile action and 203 of non-hostile causes.

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The latest deaths reported by military:

- No deaths reported.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

- Army Spc. Craig S. Frank, 24, Lincoln Park, Mich.; killed in an explosion Saturday near Baghdad; assigned to the Army National Guard, 1775th Military Police Company, Pontiac, Mich.

- Army Sgt. 1st Class David A. Hartman, 41, Akron, Mich.; was killed Saturday in Beiji, Iraq, in an explosion; assigned to the Army Reserves, 401st Transportation Company, Battle Creek, Mich.

- Marine Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Kelly, 21, Klamath, Ore.; died Friday of injuries received in fighting in Anbar province, Iraq; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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