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5 December 2004

1,311 US Military Dead During Iraq War: http://cryptome.org/mil-dead-iqw.htm

See also DoD tally: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

Associated Press photos and captions.

U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Lt. Col. Eric Kurilla holds an Iraqi man for questiong in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, one day after an insurgent attack nearby. On Friday, about 70 insurgents tried to ambush a U.S. patrol, using roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. After regrouping, U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an assault, killing more than two dozen insurgents.(AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)	A U.S. Army soldier watches the area through his rifle scope while Iraqi men await questioning in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, one day after an insurgent attack nearby. On Friday, about 70 insurgents tried to ambush a U.S. patrol, using roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. After regrouping, U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an assault, killing more than two dozen insurgents.(AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
U.S. Army soldiers take cover after taking insurgent sniper fire in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. On Friday, about 70 insurgents tried to ambush a U.S. patrol nearby, using roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. After regrouping, U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an assault, killing more than two dozen insurgents.(AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)	U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Spc. soldiers raid a home after taking insurgent sniper fire in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. On Friday, about 70 insurgents tried to ambush a U.S. patrol nearby, using roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. After regrouping, U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an assault, killing more than two dozen insurgents.(AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
This photograph released by the US Army shows a deserted and devastated street in Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 29 2004. The US military engineers are drafting plans to begin making repairs to the city's infrastructure as soon is Fallujah was secure. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Pat Jones)	U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Spc. John Welch, left, lends his shoulder to a U.S. Army sniper, returning fire after taking insurgent sniper fire in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. On Friday, about 70 insurgents tried to ambush a U.S. patrol nearby, using roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. After regrouping, U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an assault, killing more than two dozen insurgents.(AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
Isiah Sanchez, 6, examines the headstone of his godfather, Marine Sgt. Moses Daniel Rocha, at South Park Cemetery in Roswell, N.M., during a ceremony dedicating the headstone Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. Rocha was killed in Iraq on Aug. 5, 2004. Behind Sanchez is Rocha's mother, Velina Sanchez. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Andrew Poertner)	U.S. Marines carry the casket of Lance Cpl. Jordan Winkler of Tulsa, Okla.,who was killed Friday, Nov. 26, 2004, in Iraq, at his funeral in Memorial Park in Tulsa, Okla. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. (AP Photo/ The Tulsa World, James Gibbard)
Jody Gough, of Bellevue, Wash., a Marine veteran who served for two years in the Korean War, pauses Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004 in Bellevue, Wash., at a memorial to soldiers who have died in Iraq. (AP Photo/King County Journal, Marcus R. Donner)	Megan West, left, and Kyle West, third from left, help carry the casket of their brother, Lance Cpl. Phillip G. West, 19, with help of the Marine Reserve Honor Guard, into a gymnasium for a funeral service in American Canyon, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. Lance Cpl. West was killed Nov. 19, 2004, during an attack in the Anbar Province of Iraq. (AP Photo/Napa Valley Register, Lindsay Miller)
Family and friends of Sgt. Benjamin Edinger, of Green Bay, Wis., watch as the flag is folded during his burial service at Ft. Howard Memorial Park in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. Edinger died Nov. 23 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from injuries received Nov. 14 in Iraq's Anbar province. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Patrick Ferron)	This undated photo released by the Baldwin Fire Department shows Army Pfc. Wilfredo Urbina, of Baldwin, N.Y., with the New York National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment. Urbina was killed in Iraq on Nov. 29, 2004 when his vehicle struck a bomb. (AP Photo/Baldwin Fire Department)
The commander of the U.S. military in Iraq Gen. John Abizaid, center, speaks Saturday, Dec.4, 2004 to an unidentified delegate at the Gulf security conference in Bahrain. Abizaid on Saturday defended beefing up American forces there, saying the move was to ensure sufficient security was in place for the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq. (AP Photo/Adnan Malik)	Japan's Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono is surrounded by reporters before his departure from Tokyo's international airport at Narita to Iraq on Saturday Dec. 4, 2004. Japan's top defense official, Ono headed to Iraq on Saturday to visit Japanese troops on a humanitarian mission there, as Tokyo considered whether to extend the military dispatch, (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Hiroshi Sato) ** JAPAN OUT NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT **