The Military is cooking the Iraq death report books

A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
Tue Jul 13, 5:50 PM ET
By The Associated Press

As of Tuesday, July 13, 880 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 651 died as a result of hostile action and 229 died of non-hostile causes.

The British military has reported 59 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Bulgaria and Poland, six each; Ukraine, four; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; 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, 742 U.S. soldiers have died ?- 542 as a result of hostile action and 200 of non-hostile causes.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 5,394 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.

The latest deaths reported by military:

_ No deaths reported.

The latest identifications reported by the military:

_ Army Spc. Shawn M. Davies, 22, Aliquippa, Pa.; died Thursday in Baghdad of a non-combat related illness; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

_ Army Spc. Jeremiah W. Schmunk, 21, Richland, Wash.; died Thursday in Baghdad when his vehicle was attacked; assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, 1st Calvalry, Washington National Guard, Moses Lake, Wash.

_ Air Force Staff Sgt. Dustin W. Peters, 25, El Dorado, Kan.; died Sunday in combat near the 1st Infantry Division's forward operating base, Summerall, about 155 miles north of Baghdad; assigned to the 314th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.

Killed Saturday in a non-combat related vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq:

_ Marine Cpl. Terry Holmes, 22; Hollywood, Fla.

_ Marine Sgt. Krisna Nachampassak, 27; Burke, Va.

_ Marine Pfc. Christopher J. Reed, 20; Craigmont, Idaho

_ Marine Staff Sgt. Trevor Spink, 36; of Farmington, Mo.

All four Marines were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.