Daily U.S. Casualties 5/21/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 5/21/2004

As of Thursday, 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, 18; 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 soldier was killed Thursday in a grenade attack in Baghdad.


A 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed Wednesday in an attack near Samarra.

The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon and family members:


Army Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney, 59, Schaumburg, Ill., died Tuesday after surgery for a medical condition in Landstuhl, Germany; assigned to the National Guard, Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, Chicago.


Army Staff Sgt. Troy Miranda, 44, Little Rock, Ark., killed Thursday in an attack in Baghdad; assigned to 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Arkansas National Guard, DeQueen, Ark.