U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 900 [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 900
Roadside bombing kills U.S. soldier north of Baghdad

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:47 a.m. ET July 21, 2004BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb exploded north of Baghdad early Wednesday, killing one U.S. 1st Infantry Division soldier and bringing to 900 the number of U.S. military forces killed since the beginning of military operations in March 2003.

Maj. Neal O’Brien of the 1st Infantry Division said the most recent soldier killed was on patrol in a Bradley fighting vehicle in Duluiyah, 45 miles north of Baghdad, when the bomb detonated shortly after midnight Wednesday.

On Tuesday, two U.S. Marines and two U.S. soldiers were killed in action in Anbar Province, a Sunni-dominated area west of Baghdad.

At least 895 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to a count of names of the dead released by the Pentagon. The latest deaths would raise the toll to 900.
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