Daily U.S. Casualties 7/31/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 7/31/2004

As of Friday, 909 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 674 died as a result of hostile action and 235 died of nonhostile causes.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 771 U.S. soldiers have died -- 565 as a result of hostile action and 206 of nonhostile causes.

There were no new deaths reported by U.S. Central Command.

The latest identifications reported by the Defense Department:


Marine Lt. Col. David S. Greene, 39, Raleigh, N.C.; killed Wednesday in fighting in Anbar province, Iraq; assigned to the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3D Marine Air Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif.


Army Spc. Joseph F. Herndon, II, 21, Derby, Kan.; died Thursday, in Hawijah, Iraq, when he was shot while on guard duty; assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light); Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.


Army Pfc. Ken W. Leisten, 20, Cornelius, Ore.; died Wednesday, in Taji, Iraq, when his vehicle struck an explosive; assigned to the Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry; Corvallis, Ore.