Daily U.S. Casualties 8/21/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 8/21/2004

As of Friday, 949 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 708 died as a result of hostile action and 241 died of nonhostile causes.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 811 U.S. soldiers have died -- 599 as a result of hostile action and 212 of nonhostile causes.

The latest deaths reported by military:

A Marine was killed in action Thursday in Anbar province.

A U.S. soldier was killed Thursday by a roadside bomb in Samarra.

The latest identifications reported by the Department of Defense:

Army Spc. Jacob D. Martir, 21, Norwich, Conn.; died Wednesday in Sadr City when his patrol came under fire; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Marine Lance Cpl. Caleb J. Powers, 21, Manfield, Wash.; killed Tuesday in Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Marine Lance Cpl. Dustin R. Fitzgerald, 22, Huber Heights, Ohio; died Wednesday in a nonhostile vehicle incident in Anbar province; assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/2, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Sgt. Harvey E. Parkerson III, 27, Yuba City, Calif.; killed Wednesday in Anbar province; assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Army Pfc. Henry C. Risner, 26, Golden, Colo.; killed Wednesday in Baghdad, Iraq, when his checkpoint came under fire; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.


Army Spc. Brandon T. Titus, 20, Boise, Idaho; killed Tuesday in Baghdad, Iraq, in an explosion near his checkpoint; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.