A Look at US Military Deaths in Iraq 11-23-05

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A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq / AP
Date: 11-23-05

As of Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at least 2,097 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,653 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.

The AP count is 11 lower than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday.

The British military has reported 98 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark,     El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,958 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,544 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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The latest death reported by the military:
• A soldier died Wednesday of a gunshot wound in Baghdad.
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The latest identification reported by the military:

• Army Pfc. John W. Dearing, 21, Hazel Park, Mich.; died Monday in Habaniyah, when an explosive detonated near his vehicle; assigned to the National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, Saginaw, Mich.
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