Daily U.S. Casualties 7/22/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 7/22/2004

As of Wednesday, 895 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 661 died as a result of hostile action and 234 died of nonhostile causes.

Counts of the number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq vary, with some already exceeding the 900 figure. The Pentagon count can lag slightly. The AP count of 900 is based on names of the dead released by the Pentagon and reports from the military in the region.

The British military has reported 60 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, 757 U.S. soldiers have died -- 552 as a result of hostile action and 205 of nonhostile causes.

The latest deaths reported by U.S. Central Command:


A 1st Infantry Division Soldier was killed by an explosive early Wednesday near Duluiyah, Iraq.

The latest identifications reported by the Department of Defense:


Marine Cpl. Todd J. Godwin, 21, Zanesville, Ohio; died Tuesday of injuries received in a hostile attack in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.


Killed Monday in a mortar attack on their base in Iraq; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.:

Army Pfc. Charles C. Persing, 20, Albany, La.

Army Sgt. Dale T. Lloyd, 22, Watsontown, Pa.