Washington ? As of Sunday, 495 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 342 died as a result of hostile action and 153 died of nonhostile causes, the department said.

Since May 1, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 357 U.S. soldiers have died — 227 as a result of hostile action and 130 of nonhostile causes, according to the Defense Department’s figures.

Since the start of military operations, 2,461 U.S. service members have been injured as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department as of Friday. Nonhostile injured numbered 388.