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Daily U.S. Casualties 3/30/2004
As of Monday, 589 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq a year ago, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 398 died as a result of hostile action and 191 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, 451 U.S. soldiers have died -- 283 as a result of hostile action and 168 of nonhostile causes, according to the military.
Since the start of military operations, 2,992 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department. Nonhostile injured numbered 441.
The latest deaths reported by the military:
A soldier was killed Monday in a bomb explosion near a U.S. military convoy west of Baghdad.
The latest identifications reported by the military:
Marine Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr., 21, Houston, Texas; died Friday from hostile fire in Anbar province, west of Baghdad; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Marine Master Sgt. Timothy Toney, 37, New York, N.Y.; died Saturday in a non-combat-related incident at Camp Wolverine, Kuwait; assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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