Daily U.S. Casualties 10/6/2004

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Daily U.S. Casualties 10/6/2004


As of Tuesday, 1,061 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 806 died as a result of hostile action and 255 died of nonhostile causes. The figures include three military civilians.

The British military has reported 67 deaths; Italy, 19; Poland, 13; Spain, 11; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, eight; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; the Netherlands, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary and Latvia have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 923 U.S. military members have died -- 697 as a result of hostile action and 226 of nonhostile causes, according to the military's numbers as of Tuesday.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 7,730 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department's weekly tally.

The latest deaths reported by the military:


One U.S. soldier was killed Monday by an explosive near Baghdad.

The latest identifications reported by the military:


Army Sgt. Christopher S. Potts, 38, Tiverton, R.I.; killed by small-arms fire Sunday in Taji; assigned to the Army National Guards 1st Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery Regiment, Providence, R.I.


Army Sgt. Russell L. Collier, 48, Harrison, Ark.; killed Sunday while manning a traffic control checkpoint in Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to Arkansas National Guard, 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery Regiment, Russellville, Ark.


Army Sgt. Jack T. Hennessy, 21, Naperville, Ill.; killed Friday by small-arms fire at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.