US military deaths in Iraq at 4,063
As of Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at least 4,063 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 eight military civilians. At least 3,307 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is five more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
-- A soldier was killed Wednesday by an explosive in northern Baghdad.
-- Two soldiers were killed Wednesday by an explosive in southern Baghdad.
-- A soldier was killed Wednesday by an explosion in Ninevah province.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
-- Army Pfc. William T. Dix, 32, Culver City, Calif.; died Sunday at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, of injuries suffered in a non-combat incident; assigned to the 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, I Corps, Fort Lewis, Wash.
-- Three Army soldiers died Monday in Baghdad of wounds from indirect fire. Killed were Pfc. Adam L. Marion, 26, Mount Airy, N.C.; Sgt. Marcus C. Mathes, 26, Zephyrhills, Fla.; and Sgt. Mark A. Stone, 22, Buchanan Dam, Texas.
Marion was assigned to the 171st Engineer Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, Saint Pauls, N.C. Mathes and Stone were assigned to the 94th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Polk, La.
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