U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq - 558 U.S. service members have died

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/iraq_us_deaths

As of Friday, March 12, 558 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, 379 died as a result of hostile action and 179 died of non-hostile causes, the department said. The department did not provide an update Saturday. snip

Since May 1, when President Bush (news - web sites) declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 420 U.S. soldiers have died — 264 as a result of hostile action and 156 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.

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1. More like 1800 Died

They only consider immediate deaths in the 558 count. When a medic takes a serviceman out of the line of fire, that person may be alive or dead, and so that person is not counted amongst the dead. Even if he dies minutes later.

[Cognitive Diversity]

4. That is not true at all

totally totally false.

imagine the uproar of a family losing a loved one in battle and then not seeing their name on the list.

it isnt merely a tally, but a list

read the list yourself, many died in germany.

iraq can be debated well enough without inflating either side.

i realize you may think Im a freeper, as i have a very low post number, but go ahead and check this out yourself, refer to the list.

its horrible without that type of thing

[revcarol]

2. Our March 19th memorial will have one luminario for each American, Brit,

and Pole who has died. A mass of luminarios for the dead Iraqis.

Sad, we are losing count...

[Qanisqineq]

3. 566