A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq

A picture released by the US Marines shows a marine paying his last respects to his colleague during his memorial service 11 May 2006 in the restive city of Fallujah west of Baghdad. Attacks across the country killed more than 20 Iraqis, including school teachers and six members of a single family, while the US military announced the deaths of six servicemen on Sunday, two of them killed when their helicopter was shot down south of the capital.(AFP/USMC-HO/Cpl. Brian Reimers)

By The Associated Press

May 24, 2006

Yahoo News

As of Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at least 2,460 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,940 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is two lower than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 111 deaths; Italy, 31; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.

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The latest death reported by the military:
• A soldier died Tuesday from small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades south of Balad.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
• No identifications reported.
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On the Net:
http://www.defenselink.mil/n

OIF/OEF Casualty Update


Note:

More U. S. Military in Iraq died today.