Daily U.S. Casualties 9/26/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 9/26/2004

As of Friday, 1,042 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 792 died as a result of hostile action and 250 died of nonhostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.

The British military has reported 65 deaths; Italy, 19; Poland, 13; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, eight; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; the Netherlands, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary and Latvia have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 904 U.S. military members have died -- 683 as a result of hostile action and 221 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers as of Friday.

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

A soldier was killed Saturday by an explosive in Baghdad, Iraq.

Four Marines were killed Friday in at least two incidents in Anbar province.

The latest identification reported by the Department of Defense:

Army Sgt. Skipper Soram, 23, Kolonia, Micronesia; killed Wednesday by a car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.