Daily U.S. Casualties 5/20/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 5/20/2004


As of Wednesday, 789 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 575 died as a result of hostile action and 214 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 have reported one each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 651 U.S. soldiers have died -- 466 as a result of hostile action and 185 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

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


A Marine died Tuesday in Iraq's Anbar province from non-hostile injuries.


A 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed Tuesday by small arms fire while on patrol near Muqdadiyah, Iraq.


A 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed Tuesday in an accidental electrocution at a coalition base near Beiji, Iraq.

The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon:


Army Spc. Marcos O. Nolasco, 34, Chino, Calif.; killed Tuesday in Beiji, Iraq, from an electrocution accident; assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Bamberg, Germany.


Army Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Garyantes, 34, Rehoboth, Del.; killed Tuesday by sniper fire in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, while on combat patrol; assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany.


Marine Lance Cpl. Bob W. Roberts, 30, Newport, Ore.; died Monday from hostile fire in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.