U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,605 (AP)

By The Associated Press

(visit http://www.defenselink.mil/news/ for the latest on U.S. military deaths)

As of Sunday, July 8, 2007, at least 3,605 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 2,952 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

The AP count is 15 higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

The British military has reported 159 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, South Korea, one death each.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:
-- A soldier was killed Saturday during combat in Salahuddin province.
-- A soldier was killed Sunday in a bombing in western Baghdad.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
-- Army Spc. Michelle R. Ring, 24, Martin, Tenn.; died Thursday of wounds sustained by mortar fire in Baghdad; was assigned to the 92nd Military Police Battalion, Fort Benning, Ga.
-- Army Sgt. Keith A. Kline, 24, Oak Harbor, Ohio; was killed Thursday when his vehicle struck an explosive in Baghdad; was assigned to 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.