Daily U.S. Casualties 4/6/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 4/6/2004

As of Monday, 607 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 417 died as a result of hostile action and 190 died of nonhostile causes.

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

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 469 U.S. soldiers have died -- 308 as a result of hostile action and 161 of nonhostile causes, according to the military.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


A Marine assigned to the 1st Marine Division died Monday from hostile action in Iraq's Anbar province.


A 1st Armored Division soldier died Monday of wounds received Sunday while fighting Shiite military in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, Iraq.


A soldier died Sunday afternoon from an attack with an explosive near Mosul, Iraq.


A 1st Infantry Division soldier died Sunday afternoon in an attack with an explosive near Kirkuk, Iraq.


U.S. Central Command said Monday that reports of a U.S. soldier's death in Najaf on Sunday were incorrect. A soldier was wounded in the attack. The Spanish defense ministry had reported the death.

The latest identifications reported by the military:


Marine Lance Cpl. Aric J. Barr, 22, Allegheny, Pa.; died Saturday from hostile action in Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.


Marine Pfc. Geoffrey S. Morris, 19, Gurnee, Ill.; died Sunday from hostile action in Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Pfc. Dustin M. Sekula, 18, Edinburg, Texas; died Thursday from hostile fire in Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.