Daily U.S. Casualties 5/19/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 5/19/2004

As of Tuesday, 787 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 574 died as a result of hostile action and 213 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 20; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Poland, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and the Netherlands one each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 649 U.S. soldiers have died -- 465 as a result of hostile action and 184 of nonhostile causes, according to the military.

Since the start of military operations, 4,524 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


A U.S. Marine was killed in action in Anbar province.


The latest identifications reported by the Defense Department and family members:


Army Spc. Carl F. Curran, 22, Union City, Pa.; killed Sunday when his vehicle hit an explosive in Karmah, Iraq; assigned to the National Guard's Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Oil City, Pa.


Army Spc. Mark J. Kasecky, 20, McKee's Rocks, Pa.; killed Sunday; his vehicle hit an explosive in Karmah, Iraq; assigned to the Army National Guard's Battery C, 1st Battalion, 107th Field Artillery Regiment, Oil City, Pa.


Army Staff Sgt. James W. Harlan, 44, Owensboro, Ky.; killed Friday when a bomb detonated next to his vehicle at Camp Anaconda, Iraq; assigned to the Army Reserve's 660th Transportation Company, 88th Regional Readiness Command, Zanesville, Ohio.


Marine Pfc. Brian K. Cutter, 19, Riverside, Calif.; was found unconscious and died Thursday in Asad, Iraq; assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Army 2nd Lt. Leonard M. Cowherd, 22, Culpeper, Va.; died Sunday from sniper fire and a rocket propelled grenade in Karbala, Iraq; assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.