Daily U.S. Casualties 5/22/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 5/22/2004


As of Friday, 790 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 215 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, 652 U.S. soldiers have died -- 466 as a result of hostile action and 186 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers. The latest deaths reported by the U.S. military:


A Marine died Thursday in a vehicle accident in Iraq's Anbar province.


A soldier died when an explosive detonated Thursday.


The latest identification reported by the Pentagon:


Marine Pfc. Michael M. Carey, 20, Prince George, Va.; died Tuesday after falling into a canal; assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

[teryang]

1. Lunaville is now reporting 799

www.lunaville.org

One reads reports of tanks being hit by rockets and fierce fighting but I can't find specific reports of any associated American deaths other than those of Iraqis and journalists.