U.S. Defense Department’s latest update of casualties in Iraq operations

As of Friday, Nov. 14, 399 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense. The department did not provide an update Sunday.

The British military has reported 52 deaths; Italy, 17; Denmark, Spain, Ukraine and Poland have reported one each.

On or since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 261 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq, according to the latest Defense Department figures.

Since the start of military operations, 1,994 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s figures as of Friday. Nonhostile injured numbered 342.

The latest deaths reported by the U.S. military:

  • No deaths were reported Sunday. A total of 18 deaths were reported Saturday.

The latest identifications reported by the Department of Defense:

  • Army Spc. Irving Medina, 22, Middletown, N.Y.; died Friday in Baghdad, Iraq, when his convoy hit an explosive. Assigned to 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
  • Army Sgt. Michael D. Acklin II, 25, Louisville, Ky.; died Saturday when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
  • Army Spc. Ryan T. Baker, 24, Brown Mills, N.J.; died Saturday when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul. Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell.
  • Army Spc. William D. Dusenbery, 30, Fairview Heights, Ill.; died Saturday when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul. Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell.
  • Army Sgt. Warren S. Hansen, 36, Clintonville, Wis.; died Saturday when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul. Assigned to the 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell.
  • Army Spc. Eugene A. Uhl III, 21, Amherst, Wis.; died Saturday when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell.