Daily U.S. Casualties 9/22/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 9/22/2004


As of Tuesday, 1,037 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 787 died as a result of hostile action and 250 died of nonhostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.

The British military has reported 65 deaths; Italy, 19; Poland, 13; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, eight; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; the Netherlands, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary and Latvia have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 899 U.S. military members have died -- 678 as a result of hostile action and 221 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers Monday.

Since the start of U.S. mili tary operations in Iraq, 7,413 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


Two Marines were killed in separate attacks west of Baghdad, the military said Tuesday.

The latest identifications reported by the Defense Department:


Army Pfc. James W. Price, 22, Cleveland, Tenn.; killed Saturday when an explosive hit his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.


Army Sgt. Thomas C. Rosenbaum, 25, Hope, Ark.; killed Saturday when an explosive hit his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.