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tboullett Donating Member (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-03 09:51 AM
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Daily U.S. Casualties 9/3/2003

Daily U.S. Casualties 9/3/2003


As of Tuesday, 285 U.S. soldiers have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense.

The British government has reported 49 deaths. Denmark's military has reported one death.

On or since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 147 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense.

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


Two 220th Military Police Brigade soldiers were killed and one was wounded Monday when their vehicle struck an explosive device along a main supply route south of Baghdad.

One 1st Armored Division soldier was killed and another was injured in a helicopter accident early Tuesday morning. The accident occurred at Camp Dogwood at 12:30 a.m. when the UH-60 helicopter rolled over after making a hard landing.
The latest identification reported by the U.S. military:


Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton, 41, of Hayden, Colo., killed Aug. 29 north of As Suaydat, Iraq, after his convoy was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Lawton was assigned to the 244th Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, Grand Junction, Colo.


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