4,186 US military deaths in Iraq war
22.09.08 / AROUND THE WORLD / Author: admin / Comments: (0)
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According to an Associated Press count until Friday, the 19th of September 2008, at least 4,168 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003 and the figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. According to the military’s numbers at least 3,377 military personnel died as a result of hostile action,.
The AP count is four more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.
The latest identifications reported by the military:
• Army Capt. Darrick D. Wright, 37, Nashville, Tenn.; died Wednesday in Baghdad of a non-combat related illness; was assigned to the 926th Engineer Brigade, Montgomery, Ala.
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