U.S. Casualties in Mr. Bush's War 5/7/2004

Daily U.S. Casualties 5/7/2004


As of Thursday, 759 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 552 died as a result of hostile action and 207 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and Poland one each. Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 621 U.S. soldiers have died -- 443 as a result of hostile action and 178 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

The latest death reported by U.S. Central Command:


Three soldiers were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, two in an attack late Wednesday and one by a suicide car bomber Thursday

The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon:


Army Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj, 21, Canton, Ohio, died Wednesday in Karbala, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck by a dump truck whose driver had been shot at a control point; assigned to the 66th Military Police Company; Fort Lewis, Wash.


Killed Monday in Balad, Iraq, when their military vehicle flipped over in a canal; assigned to the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division; Vilseck, Germany:


Army 1st Lt. Christopher J. Kenny, 32, Miami; Army Sgt. Marvin R. Sprayberry III, 24, Tehachapi, Calif.; Army Sgt. Gregory L. Wahl, 30, Salisbury, N.C.; Army Pfc. Lyndon A. Marcus Jr., 21, Long Beach, Calif.