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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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Sgt. Gene Vance Jr. |
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Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), West Virginia Army National Guard |
Morgantown, West Virginia |
Killed when his unit came under heavy fire during a patrol in eastern Afghanistan on May 19, 2002 |
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