A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
By The Associated Press
As of Tuesday, July 13, 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 non-hostile 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 non-hostile 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.
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By The Associated Press
As of Tuesday, July 13, 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 non-hostile 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 non-hostile 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.
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