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Tue Feb 17,10:31 PM ET
By The Associated Press
As of Tuesday, Feb. 17, 540 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq , according to the Department of Defense. Of those, 374 died as a result of hostile action and 166 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.
The British military has reported 58 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Thailand, two; Denmark, Ukraine and Poland have reported one each.
Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 402 U.S. soldiers have died — 259 as a result of hostile action and 143 of non-hostile causes, according to the military.
Since the start of military operations, 2,666 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department's figures. Non-hostile injured numbered 412.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
_ A Stryker Brigade soldier was killed in a roadside bombing Monday in Tall Afar in northern Iraq.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
_ Army Pfc. Nichole M. Frye, 19, Lena, Wis.; killed Monday in Baqoubah, Iraq, when an explosive struck her convoy; assigned to Company A, 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Kalamazoo, Mich.
_ Army Spc. Michael M. Merila, 23, Sierra Vista, Ariz.; killed Monday in Talifar, Iraq, when his convoy was hit by an explosive; assigned to Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.
_ Army 1st Lt. Adam G. Mooney, 28, Cambridge, Md.; missing since Jan. 25 when his helicopter went down in the Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq; his remains were recovered Saturday; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation; attached to 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
_ Army Spc. Eric U. Ramirez, 31, San Diego; killed Thursday in Abu Gireb, Iraq, when he was attacked by small arms fire and an explosive; assigned to the 670th Military Police Company, Army National Guard, National City, Calif.
_ Army Pvt. Bryan N. Spry, 19, Chestertown, Md.; killed Friday in Baghdad when his vehicle rolled into a ditch; assigned to Company A, 2-504th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sorry to hear the news. We were walking on eggshells while my son was in Kuwait. The modified anti-ship missile that was directed at our troops dropped very close to his camp.