Daily U.S. casualties 5/3/2004

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Daily U.S. casualties 5/3/2004

As of Friday, 732 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 530 died as a result of hostile action and 202 died of nonhostile causes. The military did not provide an update over the weekend.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 594 U.S. soldiers have died -- 421 as a result of hostile action and 173 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

Since the start of military operations, 3,864 U.S. service members have been injured in hostile action, according to Defense Department figures as of April 30.

The latest deaths reported Sunday by U.S. Central Command and the U.S. military in Iraq:


Six service members were killed Sunday in a mortar attack near the western city of Ramadi.


A soldier was killed Sunday from an explosive and small arms fire near Kirkuk.


Two soldiers were killed Sunday in an attack in northwest Baghdad.


Two soldiers were killed Saturday when their convoy was attacked near the southern city of Amarah, 180 miles south of Baghdad.

The latest identifications reported by the Defense Department:


Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher M. Dickerson, 33, Eastman, Ga.; and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason B. Dwelley, 31, Apopka, Fla.; died Friday after an explosive hit their vehicle in Al Anbar province, Iraq; assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.