Daily U.S. Casualties 4/27/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 4/27/2004


As of Monday, 713 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 513 died as a result of hostile action and 200 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; 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, 573 U.S. soldiers have died -- 402 as a result of hostile action and 171 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

The latest deaths Monday reported by military officials in Iraq and U.S. Central Command:


Two soldiers were killed when an explosion leveled part of a Baghdad building.


A Marine was killed in Fallujah, Iraq, when U.S. troops came under attack.



A 1st Armored Division soldier died in a non-hostile incident.



The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon:


Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, 22, Allegany, N.Y.; killed April 22 by hostile action in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Twentynine Palms, Calif.


Marine Cpl. Christopher A. Gibson, 23, Simi Valley, Calif.; killed April 18 by hostile action in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Killed Saturday when a small boat they were boarding exploded near an Iraqi oil terminal; assigned to the USS Firebolt:


Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, Smithtown, N.Y.


Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli, 27, Monroe, N.Y.


Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher E. Watts, 28, Knoxville, Tenn.

Killed Saturday when mortar rounds hit their camp in Taji, Iraq; assigned to the National Guard's 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division; Hazen, Ark.


Army Staff Sgt. Stacey C. Brandon, 35, Hazen, Ark.


Army Capt. Arthur L. Felder, 36, Louisville, Ark.


Army Chief Warrant Patrick W. Kordsmeier, 49, North Little Rock, Ark.


Army Staff Sgt. Billy J. Orton, 41, Humnoke, Ark.

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1. My prayers go to the families of our fallen...

...Please safely bring the rest of our troops home -- Amen