Daily U.S. Casualties 9/28/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 9/28/2004


As of Monday, 1,049 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, 799 died as a result of hostile action and 250 died of nonhostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.

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


Two U.S. soldiers were killed Monday near Balad, north of the capital. The first died in a car crash and the second was killed when a patrol came under fire as it returned from the crash scene, the military said.

The latest identifications reported by the Department of Defense:


Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, 25, Tucson, Ariz.; died Saturday when his unit came under attack in Anbar province, Iraq; assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion, Camp Howze, Korea.


Army Spc. Clifford L. Moxley Jr., 51, New Castle, Pa.; died Saturday of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to the Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, Berwick, Pa.


Army Spc. David W. Johnson, 37, Portland, Ore.; died Saturday when an explosive detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to the Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, Cottage Grove, Ore

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