U.S. military deaths reported in Iraq

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.