Daily U.S. Casualties 4/10/2004

[yelladawg]

Daily U.S. Casualties 4/10/2004

As of Friday, 649 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 455 died as a result of hostile action and 194 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Ukraine, four; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and Poland have reported one each.

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 511 U.S. soldiers have died -- 346 as a result of hostile action and 165 of nonhostile causes, according to the military.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


A 1st Cavalry Division soldier died Friday in an attack in Taji.


A 13th Corps Support Command soldier died Friday in an attack near Baghdad International Airport.


Three Marines with the First

Marine Expeditionary Force died Thursday in an attack in Anbar province.


The latest identifications reported by the military:


Marine Capt. Brent L. Morel, 27, Martin, Tenn.; died Wednesday in fighting in Anbar province; assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Army Sgt. 1st Class Marvin L. Miller, 38, Dunn, N.C.; died Wednesday in Balad, Iraq, when he was shot while on traffic control duty; assigned to 1st Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.


Army Sgt. 1st Class William W. Labadie Jr., 45, Bauxite, Ark., died Wednesday in Baghdad when his camp was attacked; assigned to Army National Guard Troop E, 151st Cavalry Squadron, 39th Infantry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, from Marianna, Ark.


Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Fernando A. Mendezaceves, 27, Ponce, Puerto Rico, died Tuesday in fighting in Anbar province; assigned to the Naval Medical Center San Diego, First Marine Division Detachment, San Diego.


Army Sgt. Lee D. Todacheene, 29, Farmington, N.M., died Tuesday in Balad when mortar fire hit his guard post; assigned to 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

[LuLu550]

1. I fear these numbers are not the whole story, either

aside from the four "civilian contractors" we know died, how many other mercenaries have died over there and we know nothing about it? How many died once they left Iraqi soil? It is my understanding they are not counted if they die once they are evacuated.