US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,302

AP

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As of Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at least 4,302 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,446 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is one fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 179 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.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,285 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

_ A soldier died Wednesday of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated in Baghdad.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

_ Navy Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe, 54, Port Hueneme, Calif.; died Monday after his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device southeast of Fallujah; assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Gulf Region Division in Iraq.

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