U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq - 853 U.S. service members have died

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040629/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us_deaths&cid=540&ncid=1473

As of Tuesday, June 29, 853 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq (news - web sites) last year, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 632 died as a result of hostile action and 221 died of non-hostile causes.

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[Chango]

1. 858

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[PaDUer]

2. Isn't that total just those

who've "died instantly" and those who were admitted to the hospital and died later, were not included in the total?

[Robbien]

3. Yes, but that is the way the military always counted their KIA

The military has always underreported their deaths in this way. Somewhere they have a list of people who have "left the theater of action" and in that list are the people who left in body bags but not KIA.