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•Army Sgt. Errol M. James, 29, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands; died Monday at Forward Operating Base Torkham, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident.

•Marine Capt. Garrett T. Lawton, 31, of Charleston, W.Va.; died Monday during combat in Herat province, Afghanistan.

•Army Pvt. Timothy J. Hutton, 21, of Dillon, Mont.; died Monday in Baghdad of injuries from a non-combat incident.

•Two Army soldiers died Monday when their patrol was struck by an explosive in Baghdad. Killed were Sgt. Gary M. Henry, 34, of Indianapolis, and Spc. Jonathan D. Menke, 22, of Madison, Ind.

•Army Spc. Ronald A. Schmidt, 18, of Newton, Kan.; died Aug. 3 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries from a vehicle accident in Ashraf.

•Army Sgt. Jaime Gonzalez Jr., 40, of Austin, Texas; died Aug. 3 in Kabul, Afghanistan, after his vehicle struck an explosive.

•Army Sgt. Brian K. Miller, 37, of Pendleton, Ind.; died Aug. 2 in Abd Allah, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident.

•Army Spc. Kevin R. Dickson, 21, of Steelville, Mo.; died Aug. 2 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident.

•Army Pfc. Jennifer L. Cole, 34, of American Canyon, Calif.; died Aug. 2 in Beiji, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident.

•Army Sgt. Ryan P. Baumann, 24, of Great Mills, Md.; died Aug. 1 on Route Alaska, Afghanistan, when his vehicle hit an explosive.

•Four Army soldiers died Aug. 1 in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, when their vehicle struck an explosive. Killed were Pfc. David John Badie, 23, of Rockford, Ill.; 2nd Lt. Michael R. Girdano, 23, of Pennsylvania; Spc. William J. Mulvihill, 20, of Leavenworth, Kan.; and Army Pvt. Jair De Jesus Garcia, 29, of Chatsworth, Calif.

•Army Spc. Andre D. Mitchell, 25, of Elmont, N.Y.; died July 31 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries from a vehicle accident.

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•GEORGIAN TROOPS: Georgia will remove all of its 2,000 soldiers from Iraq as soon as transport can be arranged, it said Saturday.

•WEATHER: Basra, Iraq: High of 116, low of 94, clear; Kabul, Afghanistan: 91, 66, clear; Kuwait: 116, 89, clear.

The Associated Press