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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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Tech Sgt. Sean M. Corlew |
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15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing |
Thousand Oaks, California |
Killed when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002 |
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Staff Sgt. Anissa A. Shero |
31 |
15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing |
Grafton, West Virginia |
Killed when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002 |
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Peter P. Tycz II |
32 |
Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) |
Tonawanda, New York |
Killed when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002 |
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