As of Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004, at least 1,321 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,021 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.

Latest reported deaths

. A Marine died in an accident Tuesday in Iraq’s Anbar province.

Latest identifications

. Army Spc. Thomas John Dostie, 20, Somerville, Maine, and Army Sgt. Lynn Robert Poulin Sr., 47, Freedom, Maine; killed Tuesday in the Mosul attack; assigned to Headquarters Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard.

. Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul D. Karpowich, 30, Bridgeport, Pa.; killed Tuesday in Mosul; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 417th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 98th Division, Pennsauken, N.J.

. Marine Lance Cpl. Neil D. Petsche, 21, Lena, Ill.; died Tuesday after a non-hostile incident in Anbar province; of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

. Army Staff Sgt. Donald B. Farmer, 33, Zion, Ill., and Army Sgt. Berry K. Meza, 23, League City, Texas; died Sunday in Shuaybah, Kuwait, when a vehicle struck them; of the 180th Transportation Battalion, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas.