A Daily Look at Military Deaths in Iraq
By The Associated Press
As of Friday, March 26, 585 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, 395 died as a result of hostile action and 190 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 President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 447 U.S. soldiers have died--280 as a result of hostile action and 167 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.
Since the start of military operations, 2,958 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department. Non-hostile injured numbered 436.
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The latest deaths reported by the military: --A Marine died Friday in fighting in Fallujah, Iraq.
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