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There have been 1,539 coalition deaths -- 933 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 242 Britons, 133 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 22, 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 4,683 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
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Pvt. Giovanny Maria 19 Company A, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Camden, New Jersey Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Uzbekistan on November 29, 2001
Officer Johnny Michael Spann 32 Counterterrorism Center, Central Intelligence Agency Winfield, Alabama Killed when Taliban prisoners revolted as he and another CIA agent were questioning them at Qali-i-Jangi prison in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, on November 25, 2001
Electronics Technician 3rd Class Benjamin Johnson 21 The Spruance-class destroyer USS Peterson Rochester, New York Johnson was part of an eight-man security team that boarded an Iraqi freighter suspected of smuggling oil. He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf.
Engineman 1st Class Vincent Parker 38 The Spruance-class destroyer USS Peterson Preston, Mississippi Parker was part of an eight-man security team that boarded an Iraqi freighter, Motor Vessel Samra, suspected of smuggling oil. He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf.
Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Bryant L. Davis 20 The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk Chicago, Illinois Davis fell overboard on November 7, 2001, and was declared deceased after more than two days of search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful.
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