The Department of Defense has identified 3,454 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans yesterday:

CHURCH, Theodore U., 32, Chief Warrant Officer, Army; South Point, Ohio; 25th Infantry Division.

HEIDTMAN, Keith N., 24, First Lt., Army; Norwich, Conn.; 25th Infantry Division.

HESTER, Charles B., 23, Pfc., Army; Cataldo, Idaho; Second Infantry Division.

McFALL, Thomas M., 36, Staff Sgt., Army; Glendora, Calif.; Second Infantry Division.

SANCHEZ, Junior Cedeno, 20, Pfc., Army; Miami; Second Infantry

Division.