Tuesday, October 10

U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,753



By The Associated Press1 hour, 37 minutes ago

As of Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at least 2,753 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,192 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is eight more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 119 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, six; El Salvador, four; Slovakia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

• Three Marines were killed Monday in western Anbar province.

• A soldier was killed Monday by small-arms fire in Baghdad.

• A soldier was killed Sunday when a roadside bomb blew up next to his vehicle near Tikrit.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

Four soldiers were killed Wednesday by small-arms fire in Taji; all were assigned to the 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas:

• Army Pfc. Dean R. Bright, 32, Roseburg, Ore.

• Army Spc. Timothy R. Burke, 24, Hollywood, Fla.

• Army Staff Sgt. Christopher O. Moudry, 31, Baltimore.

• Army Spc. George R. Obourn Jr., 20, Creve Coeur, Ill.

• Army Cpl. Nicholas A. Arvanitis, 22, Salem, N.H.; died Friday from injuries suffered in Beiji; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

• Army Cpl. Carl W. Johnson II, 21, Philadelphia; died Saturday from injuries suffered when an explosive detonated near his vehicle in Mosul; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

• Army Pfc. Shane R. Austin, 19, Edgerton, Kan.; killed Sunday in Ramadi; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armor Division, Baumholder, Germany.

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