A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

An Iraqi girl tugs at the hand of a US soldier from Alpha Company, TF 4-64, 3rd Infantry Division during a patrol of rural areas surrounding central Baghdad. Iraqi election officials combed through ballots from the constitutional referendum, but a senior official said the discovery of 'anomalies' in the vote should not affect the final outcome.(AFP/David Furst)

By The Associated Press

As of Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at least 1,980 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,533 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.

The British military has reported 96 deaths; Italy, 26; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Thailand and the Netherlands, two each; and Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,841 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,431 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

• A U.S. soldier was shot and killed early Tuesday in Mosul, Iraq.

• Two Marines were killed Monday near the town of Rutba, Iraq.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

• Marine Lance Cpl. Chad R. Hildebrandt, 22, Springer, N.M.; killed Monday in Rutba, Iraq; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

• Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Poston, 20, Glendale, Ariz.; died Monday in a vehicle accident in Hit, Iraq; assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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A US marine from the 6th Civil Affairs Group (CAG) with the 6th Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) is seen through the bulletproof window of a Humvee as he checks an alley for a possible Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a sandstorm in the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. Iraq was forced to delay the announcement of results from the referendum on the country's new constitution after the body supervising the vote said it was rechecking ballots.(AFP/Patrick Baz)