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A look at US military deaths in Iraq As of Wednesday, March 31, 590 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq a year ago, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 399 died as a result of hostile action and 191 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.
The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Ukraine, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, Estonia and Poland have reported one each.
Since May 1, when U.S. President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 452 U.S. soldiers have died ¡ª 284 as a result of hostile action and 168 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.
Since the start of military operations, 3,013 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department. Non-hostile injured numbered 444.
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The latest deaths reported by the military: Five 1st Infantry Division soldiers were killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded under their vehicle in Malahma, northwest of Fallujah, Iraq.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
_ Army Spc. Jeremiah J. Holmes, 27, North Berwick, Maine; died Monday when his vehicle ran over a bomb near Balad, Iraq and fell from a bridge; assigned to Army National Guard's 744th Transportation Company, Hillsboro, N.H.
_ Army Pfc. Sean M. Schneider, 22, Janesville, Wis.; died Monday in a vehicle accident near Baghdad; assigned to the 115th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas.
_ Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Wiscowiche, 20, Victorville, Calif.; was killed Tuesday in Anbar province, Iraq; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. |
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