Daily U.S. Casualties 9/11/2004

Daily U.S. Casualties 9/11/2004

As of Friday, 1,008 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 762 died as a result of hostile action and 246 died of nonhostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.

The British military has reported 64 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, 11; Poland, 10; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, six; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Netherlands have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 867 U.S. military members have died -- 650 as a result of hostile action and 217 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

There were no new deaths reported by the military.

The latest identifications reported by the military:


Army Sgt. James D. Faulkner, 23, Clarksville, Ind.; died Wednesday in Baghdad, Iraq, when his military vehicle hit an explosive; assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, Texas.


Army Spc. Yoe M. Aneiros, 20, Newark, N.J.; died Tuesday in Sadr City, Iraq, when his vehicle came under attack; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division; Fort Riley, Kan.


Army Staff Sgt. Elvis Bourdon, 36, Youngstown, Ohio; died Monday in Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle came under attack; assigned to the 1st Bat talion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, Texas.


Army Spc. Brandon M. Read, 21, Greeneville, Tenn.; died Monday in Qayyarah West, Iraq, when his convoy came under attack; assigned to the 125th Transportation Company; Lexington, Ky.


Army Pfc. Ryan M. McCauley, 20, Lewisville, Texas; died Sunday in Baghdad, Iraq when his patrol came under attack; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, Texas.