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A daily look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq

ASSOCIATED PRESS

July 13 � in a vehicle accident last month. As of Thursday, July 13, 2006, at least 2,547 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,012 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

		The AP count is three higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT. The British military has reported 113 deaths; Italy, 32; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, four; Slovakia, three; El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania, one death each. The latest deaths reported by the military: — A sailor was killed Wednesday in Anbar province. The latest identifications reported by the military: — Army Sgt. Irving Hernandez Jr., 28, New York; died Wednesday in Mosul from small arms fire; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. — Army Spc. Damien M. Montoya, 21, Holbrook, Ariz.; died Sunday in Baghdad from a non-hostile incident; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. On the Net: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/