The American death toll has risen steadily since Bush declared the end of major combat May 1. Of the 122 service members who have died since then, 56 were killed in hostile fire. Since the start of the war, 260 U.S. troops have been killed -- 171 of them in hostile fire.
The most recent was Thursday night, when an 82nd Airborne Division soldier on guard duty in Baghdad's Mansour district was shot and killed.
Source: CNN
