Daily U.S. Casualties 5/28/2004 -- bushco reach 800

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Daily U.S. Casualties 5/28/2004

As of Thursday, 800 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 585 died as a result of hostile action and 215 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Poland, three; Thailand, two; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia and the Netherlands have reported one each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 662 U.S. soldiers have died -- 476 as a result of hostile action and 186 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers.

The latest deaths reported by the U.S. military:


Three Marines were killed in Iraq's Anbar province.

The latest identification reported by the Pentagon:


Army Pfc. James P. Lambert, 23, New Orleans; killed Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, when an explosive hit his patrol; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.


Army Pfc. Richard H. Rosas, 21, Saint Louis, Mich.; killed Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, when an explosive hit his patrol; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.


Army Pfc. Daniel P. Unger, 19, Exeter, Calif.; killed Tuesday in Iskandariyah, Iraq, during a rocket attack; assigned to the National Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Armor, 81st Separate Armor Brigade, Visalia, Calif.