AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ: American casualties identified

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The Defense Department has announced the deaths of a sailor and two Marines during combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan. At least 530 U.S. service members have died since the war began in 2001.

Navy Hospitalman Dustin Kelby Burnett, 19, of Ft. Mohave, Ariz., died Friday. He was assigned to 1st Marine Division Detachment, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Capt. Eric Daniel Terhune, 34, of Lexington, Ky., and Lance Cpl. Andrew Francis Whitacre, 21, of Bryant, Ind., died Thursday. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

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Army Spc. Jason N. Cox, 21, of Elyria, Ohio, died June 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds caused by a roadside bomb near Hillah, the Defense Department has announced. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, N.C. At least 4,102 American military personnel have lost their lives since the Iraq war began in 2003.