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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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Staff Sgt. Jacob L. Frazier 24 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard St. Charles, Illinois Killed when the four-vehicle convoy he was in was ambushed on a reconnaissance patrol in Geresk, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2003
Staff Sgt. Orlando Morales 33 Company D, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Manati, Puerto Rico Killed when the four-vehicle convoy he was in was ambushed on a reconnaissance patrol in Afghanistan on March 29, 2003
Capt. Tamara L. Archuleta 23 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Los Lunas, New Mexico Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003
Staff Sgt. Jason Hicks 25 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Jefferson, South Carolina Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003
Master Sgt. Michael Maltz 42 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing St. Petersburg, Florida Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003
Senior Airman Jason Plite 21 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Lansing, Michigan Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003
Lt. Col. John Stein 39 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Bardolph, Illinois Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003
Staff Sgt. John Teal 29 41st Rescue Squadron, 347th Rescue Wing Dallas, Texas Killed along with five other Air Force rescue team members when their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed while on the way to help two injured Afghan children on March 23, 2003
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Profitt 23 USS Deyo Charlestown, Indiana Died of a non-combat related injury while in the Red Sea on March 17, 2003
Pfc. James R. Dillon Jr. 19 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division Grove City, Pennsylvania Died of a non-combat related injury in Kuwait on March 13, 2003
Pfc. Spence A. McNeil 19 Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment Bennettsville, South Carolina Died on March 9, 2003, from injuries sustained when the vehicle he was traveling in rolled over near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 3, 2003
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