Total number of U.S. military deaths and names of the U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war as announced by the Pentagon recently:
1,495 Fatalities
In hostile actions: 1,142
In non-hostile actions: 353
Spec. Azhar Ali, 27, of Flushing, N.Y.
Spec. Wai P. Lwin, 27, of Queens, N.Y.
The two soldiers were assigned to Army National Guard 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, based in Manhattan, N.Y. They were killed March 2 in Baghdad.
Spec. Robert S. Pugh, 25, of Meridian, Miss.; Army National Guard 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, based in McComb, Miss. Killed March 2 in Iskandariyah.
All troops were killed in action unless otherwise indicated.
Total fatalities include four civilian employees of the Defense Department.
A full list of casualties is available online at www.washingtonpost.com/nation
SOURCE: Defense Department's www.defenselink.mil/newsThe Washington Post
