Daily U.S. Casualties 3/18/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 3/18/2004

As of Wednesday, 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, 2,825 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department's figures. Nonhostile injured numbered 429.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


A 1st Infantry

Division soldier died Wednesday when a vehicle overturned near Baji, Iraq.


A 3rd Armored Cavalry soldier died Wednesday when a passing vehicle struck the soldier's tank. The vehicles were traveling in a convoy that was en route to Kuwait for redeployment.

No new identifications were reported by the military.