Lest we forget.
By Associated Press, 5/27/2004 19:01
As of Thursday, May 27, 800 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 585 died as a result of hostile action and 215 died of non-hostile causes.
The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Poland, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and the Netherlands have reported one each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 662 U.S. soldiers have died 476 as a result of hostile action and 186 of non-hostile causes, according to the military's numbers.
The latest deaths reported by the U.S. military:
Three Marines were killed in Iraq's Anbar province.
The latest identification reported by the Pentagon:
Army Pfc. James P. Lambert, 23, New Orleans; killed Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, when an explosive hit his patrol; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Army Pfc. Richard H. Rosas, 21, Saint Louis, Mich.; killed Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, when an explosive hit his patrol; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Army Pfc. Daniel P. Unger, 19, Exeter, Calif.; killed Tuesday in Iskandariyah, Iraq, during a rocket attack; assigned to the National Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Armor, 81st Separate Armor Brigade, Visalia, Calif.
By Associated Press, 5/27/2004 19:01
As of Thursday, May 27, 800 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 585 died as a result of hostile action and 215 died of non-hostile causes.
The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Poland, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and the Netherlands have reported one each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 662 U.S. soldiers have died 476 as a result of hostile action and 186 of non-hostile causes, according to the military's numbers.
The latest deaths reported by the U.S. military:
Three Marines were killed in Iraq's Anbar province.
The latest identification reported by the Pentagon:
Army Pfc. James P. Lambert, 23, New Orleans; killed Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, when an explosive hit his patrol; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Army Pfc. Richard H. Rosas, 21, Saint Louis, Mich.; killed Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, when an explosive hit his patrol; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Army Pfc. Daniel P. Unger, 19, Exeter, Calif.; killed Tuesday in Iskandariyah, Iraq, during a rocket attack; assigned to the National Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Armor, 81st Separate Armor Brigade, Visalia, Calif.
