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lsandersonDecember 25, 2005
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 5:08 p.m. ET
As of Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005, at least 2,167 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,696 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.
The AP count is five more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EST Friday.
The British military has reported 98 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 2,028 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,587 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The latest death reported by the military:
-- Two soldiers were killed Sunday by bombs in Baghdad.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
-- Army 1st Lt. Benjamin T. Britt, 24, Wheeler, Texas, and Army Spc. William Lopez-Feliciano, 33, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico; killed Thursday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
-- Army Sgt. Regina C. Reali, 25, Fresno, Calif., and Army Spc. Cheyenne C. Willey, 36, Fremont, Calif.; killed Friday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near their vehicle; assigned to the Army Reserve's 351st Civil Affairs Command, Mountain View, Calif.
-- Army Master Sgt. Joseph J. Andres, Jr., 34, Seven Hills, Ohio; killed Saturday in an attack by enemy forces in Baqubah; assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.
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On the Net:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 5:08 p.m. ET
As of Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005, at least 2,167 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,696 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.
The AP count is five more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EST Friday.
The British military has reported 98 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia one death each.
Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 2,028 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,587 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The latest death reported by the military:
-- Two soldiers were killed Sunday by bombs in Baghdad.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
-- Army 1st Lt. Benjamin T. Britt, 24, Wheeler, Texas, and Army Spc. William Lopez-Feliciano, 33, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico; killed Thursday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
-- Army Sgt. Regina C. Reali, 25, Fresno, Calif., and Army Spc. Cheyenne C. Willey, 36, Fremont, Calif.; killed Friday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near their vehicle; assigned to the Army Reserve's 351st Civil Affairs Command, Mountain View, Calif.
-- Army Master Sgt. Joseph J. Andres, Jr., 34, Seven Hills, Ohio; killed Saturday in an attack by enemy forces in Baqubah; assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.
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On the Net:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/
