Dec 28 (Reuters) - One U.S marine was killed in combat in Iraq's Anbar province on Wednesday, the U.S military said on Thursday.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate roadside bomb attacks on Wednesday in and around Baghdad, the U.S. military said earlier on Thursday. Two of the dead were killed when a roadside bomb hit a foot patrol southwest of the capital.

In the other attack, a roadside bomb exploded near a patrol on a route clearance mission in eastern Baghdad.

Following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003:

U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:

United States 2,987

Britain 126

Other nations 123

IRAQIS:

Military Between 4,900 and 6,375#

Civilians Between 51,897 and 57,452*

# = Think-tank estimates for military under Saddam Hussein killed during the 2003 war. No reliable official figures have been issued since new security forces were set up in late 2003.

* = From www.iraqbodycount.net (IBC), run by academics and peace activists, based on reports from at least two media sources. The IBC says on its Web site that the figure underestimates the true number of casualties.

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