Daily U.S. Casualties 5/23/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 5/23/2004

As of Friday, 790 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq last year, according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 575 died as a result of hostile action and 215 died of nonhostile causes.

The department did not provide an update Saturday.

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, 652 U.S. soldiers have died -- 466 as a result of hostile action and 186 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers as of Friday.

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


A soldier was killed by an explosive in Mahmoudiyah, Iraq, south of Baghdad.


The latest identifications reported by the Pentagon:


Marine Cpl. Rudy Salas, 20, Baldwin Park, Calif., died Thursday, from a noncombat related vehicle accident in Iraq's Al Anbar Province; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force; Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Army Spc. Michael C. Campbell, 34, Marshfield, Mo., died Wednesday when his convoy hit an explosive; assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.


Army Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson, 18, Richmond, Va., died Thursday when her vehicle hit an explosive; assigned to A Company, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas.