As of Friday, April 7, 2006, at least 2,349 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 1,846 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

The AP count is one lower than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EST.

Latest deaths

. A Marine was shot and killed allegedly by an Iraqi soldier at a base near the Syrian border

. A U.S. service member died Friday from small-arms fire in western Baghdad.

Latest identifications

. Army Spc. Dustin J. Harris, 21, Patten, Maine; killed Thursday in Beiji when his combat patrol was struck by a roadside bomb; assigned to the 172nd Brigade Support Battalion, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

. Marine Pfc. Chase A. Edwards, 19, Lake Charles, La.; killed Thursday in Anbar province; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.