Daily U.S. Casualties 3/16/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 3/16/2004

As of Monday, 564 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 385 died as a result of hostile action and 179 died of nonhostile 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 declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 426 U.S. soldiers have died -- 270 as a result of hostile action and 156 of nonhostile causes, according to the military.

Since the start of military operations, 2,814 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department's figures. Nonhostile injured numbered 427.

No new deaths of service members were reported by the U.S. military.

The latest

identifications reported by public officials and family members:


National Guard Spc. Jocelyn Carrasquillo, 28, Wilmington, N.C.; killed Saturday when his convoy hit a land mine; assigned to 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, Wilmington, N.C.


Army Capt. John F. Kurth, 31, Columbus, Wis.; died Saturday when his patrol encountered an ex plosive in Tikrit, Iraq; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, based in Schweinfurt, Germany.


Army Spc. Jason C. Ford, 21, Bowie, Md.; died Saturday when his patrol encountered an explosive in Tikrit; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, based in Schweinfurt, Germany.


Army Staff Sgt. Clint Ferrin, 31, Ogden, Utah; killed Saturday when a bomb exploded under his Humvee in southeastern Iraq; assigned to 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

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1. 566 U.S. troops

Wounded: 3212

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2. Casualties

used to mean dead and wounded.