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There have been 1,536 coalition deaths -- 933 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 241 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 21, 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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Staff Sgt. Walter F. Cohee III 26 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Mardela Springs, Maryland Killed when his CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while on a resupply mission in Afghanistan on January 20, 2002
Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan 24 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Willits, California Killed when his CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while on a resupply mission in Afghanistan on January 20, 2002
Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft 29 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Burney, California Bancroft was aboard a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft that crashed into a mountain in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002.
Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Bertrand 23 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Coos Bay, Oregon Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002.
Gunnery Sgt. Stephen L. Bryson 36 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Montgomery, Alabama Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen 37 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Coram, New York Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Sgt. Nathan P. Hays 21 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Wilbur, Washington Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Capt. Daniel G. McCollum 29 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Columbia, South Carolina Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters 25 Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Chicago, Illinois Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman 31 Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) San Antonio, Texas Shot and killed during an ambush in the vicinity of Khost, Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border on January 4, 2002
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