As of Sunday, Jan. 15, at least 2,217 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 1,741 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers. The figures include six military civilians.
The AP count is six higher than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Thursday.
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, 2,078 U.S. military members have died, according to AP’s count. That includes at least 1,632 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
– A Marine was found dead Saturday from an apparent non-hostile gunshot wound aboard Forward Operating Base Haditha Dam.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
– Petty Officer First Class Michael Anthony Jordan, 35, Augusta, Ga.; died in an automobile accident Friday in Manama, Bahrain; assigned to Destroyer Squadron 50, Bahrain.
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