U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,674

Subject: U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,674 Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:48 am

A U.S. soldier from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade patrols in Baghdad August 6, 2007. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

By The Associated Press
Mon Aug 6, 7:53 PM ET

As of Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at least 3,674 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 3,010 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is 14 more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Monday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 164 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

• Four soldiers were killed Monday in an explosion in Diyala province.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

• Army Spc. Charles E. Leonard, Jr., 29, Monroe, La., died Sunday in Baghdad when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

• Marine Lance Cpl. Cristian Vasquez, 20, Coalinga, Calif., died Thursday while conducting combat operations in Anbar province; assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

• Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joey D. Link, 29, Portland, Tenn., died Sunday of natural causes at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany; assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.

• Army Spc. Braden J. Long, 19, Sherman, Texas, died Saturday in Baghdad after his Humvee came under grenade attack; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

• Army Master Sgt. Julian Ingles Rios, 52, Anasco, Puerto Rico, died Thursday in Baghdad when his Humvee was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade; assigned to the 130th Engineer Battalion, Puerto Rico National Guard, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

• Three soldiers were killed Thursday when an explosive detonated near their vehicle in Baghdad. All were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

Killed were Army Staff Sgt. Fernando Santos, 29, San Antonio; Army Spc. Cristian Rojas-Gallego, 24, Loganville, Ga.; and Army Spc. Eric D. Salinas, 25, Houston.

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