Daily U.S. Casualties in Mr. Bush's War 5/16/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 5/16/2004

As of Friday, 775 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 565 died as a result of hostile action and 210 died of nonhostile causes. The department did not provide an update Saturday, and it was unclear whether five deaths reported Saturday were included in the total.

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

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 637 U.S. soldiers have died -- 456 as a result of hostile action and 181 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers as of Friday.

The latest deaths reported Saturday by the U.S. military:

Three soldiers died from wounds suffered in rebel attacks Friday. One more died in a vehicle accident and another from natural causes.

The latest identifications reported by the Department of Defense:

Army Sgt. Brud J. Cronkrite, 22, Spring Valley, Calif.; died Friday in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries sustained Thursday in Karbala in a rocket-propelled grenade attack; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.

Army Spc. Jeffrey R. Shaver, 26, Maple Valley, Wash.; killed Wednesday by an explosive in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to the Army National Guards 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry; Spokane, Wash.