Reported Deaths from Mr. Bush's War 5/8/04

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Daily U.S. Casualties 5/8/2004

As of Friday, 763 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 556 died as a result of hostile action and 207 died of nonhostile causes.

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

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 625 U.S. soldiers have died -- 447 as a result of hostile action and 178 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers. There were no new deaths reported by U.S. Central Command on Friday.

The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon:


Marine Cpl. Jeffrey G. Green, 20, Dallas; found dead Wednesday in the Euphrates River in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Cpl. Dustin H. Schrage, 20, Brevard, Fla., found dead in Iraq's Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Killed Wednesday when an explosive hit their vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, Texas:


Army Spc. James E. Marshall, 19, of Tulsa.


Army Pfc. Bradley G. Kritzer, 18, of Irvona, Penn.