2,931

From AP:

 

As of Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at least 2,931 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 latest deaths reported by the military:

• A soldier was killed Sunday by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

• Two soldiers died Thursday when an explosive detonated near their unit in Baghdad:

• Army Staff Sgt. Henry W. Linck, 23, Manhattan, Kan.

• Army Spc. Micah S. Gifford, 27, Redding, Calif.

• Both soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.

• Army Staff Sgt. Kristofer R. Ciraso, 26, Bangor, Maine, died Thursday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near his vehicle; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.