US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,168
The Associated PressAs of Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, at least 4,168 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,377 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is six greater than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 176 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.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
_ Two soldiers were killed Thursday when their helicopter went down west of Basra.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
_ Army Pfc. Leonard J. Gulczynski I, 19, Carol Stream, Ill.; died Wednesday in Baghdad of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident; assigned to the 610th Engineer Support Company, 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.
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