A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq -459 U.S. service members have died

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A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq -459 U.S. service members have died

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths&cid=540&ncid=1480

As of Thursday, Dec. 18, 459 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites), according to the Department of Defense (news - web sites). Of those, 314 died as a result of hostile action and 145 died of non-hostile causes, the department said. snip

On or since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 321 U.S. soldiers have died � 199 as a result of hostile action and 122 of non-hostile causes, according to the Defense Department's figures.

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