IRAQ: U.S. casualties identified

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The Defense Department on Thursday identified a Marine and two soldiers killed in Iraq. At least 4,065 Americans have died in the war.

Marine Sgt. Merlin German, 22 of New York, N.Y., died April 11 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, from wounds suffered in combat in Iraq’s Anbar province, Iraq, on Feb. 22, 2005. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif., He was medically retired Sept. 28, 2007.

Army Staff Sgt. Bryan E. Bolander, 26, of Bakersfield, Calif., died Tuesday in Baghdad from wounds caused by a roadside bomb. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Ft. Campbell, Ky.

Army Staff Sgt. Clay A. Craig, 22, of Mesquite, Texas, died Tuesday in Baghdad from gunshot wounds suffered in combat. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Ft. Campbell, Ky.