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There have been 1,543 coalition deaths -- 935 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 243 Britons, 134 Canadians, three Czech, 28 Danes, 21 Dutch, seven Estonians, one Finn, 36 French, 31 Germans, two Hungarians, 22 Italians, three Latvian, one Lithuanian, four Norwegians, 16 Poles, two Portuguese, 11 Romanians, one South Korean, 26 Spaniards, two Swedes and two Turks -- in the war on terror as of December 24, 2009, according to a CNN count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their nation's governments. The list also includes two U.S. Defense Department civilian employees. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. At least 4,720 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
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Spc. Jonn J. Edmunds |
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Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment |
Cheyenne, Wyoming |
Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was in crashed in Pakistan on October 19, 2001 |
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Pfc. Kristofor Stonesifer |
28 |
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment |
Missoula, Montana |
Killed in the accidental crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Pakistan on October 19, 2001 |
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Master Sgt. Evander Earl Andrews |
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366th Civil Engineer Squadron |
Solon, Maine |
Andrews was killed in a heavy equipment accident near Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on October 10, 2001, the first death in Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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