Eight Oklahoma servicemen died during the first year of the war in Iraq, along with one soldier with close ties to the state and a civilian University of Tulsa Law School graduate. (See "OKLAHOMANS")

President Bush announced the start of the war one year ago Friday.

Following is a chronology on the deaths of the Oklahomans in the war.

(Note: See individual names and death dates for profiles)

JUNE 6: Petty Officer 3rd Class Doyle W. Bollinger Jr., 21, of Poteau (Ok.) was killed when a piece of ordnance exploded in an area where he was working in Iraq.

He was a member of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 based in Gulfport, Miss., which was working on a 120-foot gap in a bridge over the Tigris River.

The unit provides construction support to the Navy, Marines and other armed forces during military operations.