Daily U.S. Casualties 4/20/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 4/20/2004

As of Monday, 706 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense.

Of those, 509 died as a result of hostile action and 197 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Ukraine, four; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and Poland have reported one each.

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 566 U.S. soldiers have died -- 398 as a result of hostile action and 168 of nonhostile causes.

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


A 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed by an anti-tank mine on Friday near Tikrit, Iraq.


A 1st Infantry Division soldier was electrocuted Saturday while working on a generator at a base near Samarra, Iraq.

A soldier was killed Sunday in Iraq's Anbar province.

The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon and the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs:


Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy J. Arroyave, 30, Woodland, Calif.; died Thursday in a non-combat vehicle accident northeast of Ar Ramadi, Iraq; assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Army 1st Lt. Robert Henderson II, 33, Alvaton, Ky.; killed Saturday when his convoy was attacked near Diwaniyah, Iraq; assigned to Detachment I, 2123rd Transportation Company; Owensboro, Ky.


Army Spc. Michael A. McGlothin, 21, Milwaukee, Wis.; killed by an explosive Saturday in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to the 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, Texas.


Army Sgt. Brian M. Wood, 21, Torrance, Calif.; killed Friday in Tikrit, Iraq, apparently by a land mine; assigned to 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division; Schweinfurt, Germany.

[riverwalker]

1. bring them home

Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy J. Arroyave, 30 His wife is expecting his third child. His mother said "he was my only son and my best friend". Loved the National Parks and dreamt of spending time in Arizona and New Mexico.

Army Spc. Michael A. McGlothin, 21 joined after 9/11. Loved music and a talented guitar musician. He dreamt of a career in the music industry.

Army 1st Lt. Robert Henderson II, 33 worked in the local hardware store. He and his wife were expecting their first child.

[yelladawg]

2. I agree

This war is as dumb as they come. Bring em home,now!

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Some additional Casualty Statistics

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Iraqi Civilian Fatalities . . . 10,743

Iraqi Military Fatalities (estimate) . . . 4,895 to 6,370 (independent estimates) 5,633 - the average of the two estimates.

Journalist Fatalities . . . 13

Cost of the War in Iraq as of this posting . . . $111,192,766,078

Source is "Iraq Fatalities" at bottom of this post