Daily U.S. Casualties 8/30/2003 [View All]

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Daily U.S. Casualties 8/30/2003

As of Friday, 282 U.S. soldiers have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense.

The British government has reported 49 deaths. Denmark's military has reported one death.

On or since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 144 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq, according to the latest Department of Defense figures.

The latest death reported by the U.S. military:


A 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack Friday on a main road northeast of Baqouba, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, said Capt. Jay Miller from the 67th Armor Regiment's 3rd Battalion.
The latest identification reported by the U.S. military:


Lt. Col. Anthony L. Sherman, 43, Pottstown, Pa.; died Aug. 27 in Kuwait of non-combat injuries; assigned to the 304th Civil Affairs Brigade, Philadelphia, Pa.