US military deaths in Iraq war at 4315

~Associated Press

As of Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at least 4,315 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,454 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

The AP count is the same as the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.

Since the start of U.S. military operations in Iraq, 31,354 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department’s weekly tally.

The latest deaths reported by the military:

_ A soldier died Tuesday during combat near the city of Samawah.

_ A soldier died Tuesday after a non-combat incident in Ninevah province, northern Iraq.

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