A Daily Look at Military Deaths in Iraq 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
By The Associated Press
As of Friday, March 26, 585 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites) a year ago, according to the Department of Defense (news - web sites). Of those, 395 died as a result of hostile action and 190 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.
The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Ukraine, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, Estonia and Poland have reported one each.
Since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 447 U.S. soldiers have died — 280 as a result of hostile action and 167 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.
Since the start of military operations, 2,958 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department. Non-hostile injured numbered 436.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
_ A Marine died Friday in fighting in Fallujah, Iraq.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
_ Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey C. Burgess, 20, Plymouth, Mass.; killed Thursday near Fallujah, Iraq; assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
_ Marine Lance Cpl. James A. Casper, 20, Coolidge, Texas; died Thursday at Asad, Iraq, from a non-hostile incident; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Camp Pendleton, Calif.
_ Army Spc. Adam D. Froehlich, 21, Pine Hill, N.J.; died Thursday in Baqouba, Iraq, after being hit by an explosive; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery; Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.