Casualties from Mr.Bush's War 5/13/2004

Daily U.S. Casualties 5/13/2004

As of Wednesday, 774 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 564 died as a result of hostile action and 210 died of nonhostile causes.

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

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 636 U.S. soldiers have died -- 455 as a result of hostile action and 181 of nonhostile causes, according to the military.

Since the start of military operations, 4,331 U.S. ser vice members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


A bomb exploded Wednesday beside a military convoy in Baghdad, killing one U.S. soldier.

The latest identifications reported by the military:


Army Spc. Kyle A. Brinlee, 21, Pryor, Okla.; killed Tuesday by an explosive near Fallujah, Iraq; assigned to Detachment 1, Company B, 120th Combat Engineer Battalion, Oklahoma National Guard; Pryor, Okla.


Army Pfc. Andrew L. Tuazon, 21, Chesapeake, Va.; killed Monday by hostile fire in Mosul, Iraq; assigned to the 293rd Military Police Company, 3rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division; Fort Stewart, Ga.