Daily U.S. casualties 7/14/2004 -- Defense Department numbers don't add up

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. casualties 7/14/2004


As of Tuesday, 880 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 651 died as a result of hostile action and 229 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 59 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Bulgaria and Poland, six each; Ukraine, four; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Netherlands have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 742 U.S. soldiers have died -- 542 as a result of hostile action and 200 of nonhostile causes.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 5,394 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.

No new deaths were reported by the military on Tuesday.

The latest identifications report ed by the military:


Army Spc. Shawn M. Davies, 22, Aliquippa, Pa.; died Thursday in Baghdad of a non-combat related illness; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.


Air Force Staff Sgt. Dustin W. Peters, 25, El Dorado, Kan.; killed Sunday near a 1st Infantry Division's base, about 155 miles north of Baghdad; assigned to the 314th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.


Army Spc. Jeremiah W. Schmunk, 21, Richland, Wash.; died Thursday in Baghdad when his vehicle was attacked; assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, 1st Calvalry, Washington National Guard, Moses Lake, Wash.


Two soldiers were killed Saturday in Samarra, Iraq, when an explosive detonated near their vehicle; assigned to the 267th Ordnance Company, Nebraska National Guard, Lincoln, Neb.


Army Sgt. 1st Class Linda Ann Tarango-Griess, 33, Sutton, Neb.


Army Sgt. Jeremy J. Fischer, 26, Lincoln, Neb.


Four Marines killed Saturday in Anbar province, Iraq, in a non-combat vehicle accident; all assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Cpl. Terry Holmes, 22, Hollywood, Fla.


Marine Sgt. Krisna Nachampassak, 27, Burke, Va.


Marine Pfc. Christopher J. Reed, 20, Craigmont, Idaho.


Marine Staff Sgt. Trevor Spink, 36, Farmington, Mo.


Five soldiers killed Thursday when the Iraqi National Guard headquarters was attacked in Baghdad; all assigned to 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany:


Army Sgt. Robert E. Colvill Jr., 31, Anderson, Ind.


Army Spc. William R. Emanuel IV, 19, Stockton, Calif.


Army Spc. Joseph M. Garmback Jr., 24, Cleveland, Ohio.


Army Spc. Sonny G. Sampler, 23, Oklahoma City.


Army Pfc. Collier E. Barcus, 21, McHenry, Ill.

[still_one]

1. here is the way I look at it

>3000 US citizens killed by terrorists on 9/11

>900 US citizens killed so far by bush due to his romp in Iraq