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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. Robert Busuttil |
30 |
Royal Logistics Corps |
Tycoch, Swansea, Wales |
Killed by a fellow soldier at the British base at Kabul International Airport on August 17, 2002 |
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Cpl. John Gregory |
30 |
Royal Logistics Corps |
Catterick, North Yorkshire, England |
Shot himself after shooting a fellow soldier at the British base at Kabul International Airport on August 17, 2002 |
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Sgt. 1st Class Christopher James Speer |
28 |
Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Speer, a Special Forces medic, was wounded during a four-hour firefight in the Afghan village of Ab Khail, near the Pakistan border, on July 27, 2002. He was evacuated to Germany, where he died of his wounds on August 7, 2002. |
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