Daily U.S. Casualties 4/21/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 4/21/2004

As of Tuesday, 707 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 510 died as a result of hostile action and 197 died of nonhostile causes.

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 569 U.S. soldiers have died -- 401 as a result of hostile action and 168 of nonhostile causes.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


A soldier was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Mosul, Iraq.

The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon:


Army Spc. Marvin A. Camposiles, 25, Austell, Ga.; electrocuted Saturday in Samarra, Iraq, while doing maintenance on a generator; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division; Schweinfurt, Germany.


Army Sgt. Jonathan N. Hart man, 27, Jacksonville, Fla.; killed Saturday when his convoy was attacked near Diwaniyah, Iraq; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedburg, Germany.


Army Pfc. Clayton W. Henson, 20, Stanton, Texas; killed Saturday when his convoy was ambushed in Diwaniyah, Iraq; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment; Fort Polk, La.

Four Marines were identified who died Saturday from hostile action in Anbar province. The fol lowing were all assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.:


Marine Capt. Richard J. Gannon II, 31, Escondido, Calif.


Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Smith Jr., 21, Wintersville, Ohio


Marine Lance Cpl. Ruben Valdez Jr., 21, San Diego, Texas


Marine Lance Cpl. Gary F. VanLeuven, 20, Klamath Falls, Ore.