Daily U.S. Casualties 4/23/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 4/23/2004

As of Thursday, 704 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 507 died as a result of hostile action and 197 died of nonhostile causes.

The overall number of deaths was lowered Thursday by the military from the 707 reported Wednesday.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Ukraine, four; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and Poland have reported one each.

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 564 U.S. soldiers have died -- 396 as a result of hostile action and 168 of nonhostile causes.

The latest death reported by U.S. Central Command:


A 13th Corps Support Command soldier was killed Tuesday in a vehicle accident east of Qasim, Iraq.

The latest identifications, reported by the Department of Defense and local military officials:


Army Staff Sgt. Ed Carman, 25, McKeesport, Pa., died Saturday near Baghdad, Iraq, when a track on his tank broke and the vehicle rolled off a bridge; assigned to A Company, 2-12 Armor, 1st Calvary Division; Fort Hood, Texas.


Army Sgt. 1st Class Bradley C. Fox, 34, Orlando, Fla.; died Tuesday in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on March 14 when his vehicle hit an explosive; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division; Friedburg, Germany.


Army Pfc. Leroy Harris-Kelly, 20, Azusa, Calif.; died Tuesday north of Tallil, Iraq, when his truck went off the road and rolled over because of limited visibility and dangerous driving conditions; assigned to the 596th Maintenance Company, 3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps; Darmstadt, Germany.

[Dark]

1. Uh, I think you're mistaken.

Yesterday's count was 707 americans killed.

As of Wednesday, 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, 511 died as a result of hostile action and 196 died of nonhostile causes.

You put this up yesterday and

As of Thursday, 704 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 507 died as a result of hostile action and 197 died of nonhostile causes.

up today. How did the casualties go down?

[yelladawg]

2. No, the military is.

The numbers I get are from the US Military. They recounted and lowered the numbers, not me.

[Dark]

3. HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?!

What the fuck? They actually lowered the numbers?

Has Bu$h no shame?

[yelladawg]

4. One crazy thing about the war dead numbers...

One crazy thing about the war dead numbers...

I read that if a wounded soldier is transported to Germany, for medical treatment, etc. and then dies, that soldier doesn't count in the Iraq war casualties, but merely as a wounded soldier.

As a result, you can bet the number of Iraq war dead is much higher than 700.