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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. Kelvin E. Feliciano-Gutierrez 21 Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Anasco, Puerto Rico Gutierrez was a .50 caliber gunner on a vehicle that was returning from patrol when it veered off the road and turned over. Gutierrez suffered fatal injuries while trapped under the vehicle and died at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 28, 2003
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas E. Retzer 30 Naval Special Warfare Development Group San Diego, California Retzer was wounded on June 25, 2003, after his convoy was attacked outside of Gardez, Afghanistan. He was transported to Bagram Air Base hospital in Afghanistan, where he died of his wounds on June 26.
Capt. Seth Michaud 27 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Hudson, Massachusetts Michaud was killed when an Air Force B-52 bomber inadvertently dropped ordnance south of the target onto the Godoria Range observation post 60 miles north of Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, on June 22, 2003. Michaud and other Marines were at the range in case a medical evacuation was needed.
Junior Sgt. Joerg Baasch 23 Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 940 (940th Signals Intelligence Regiment) Densborn, Germany One of four German soldiers killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus they were traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003
Chief Warrant Officer Andreas Beljo N/A Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 940 (940th Signals Intelligence Regiment) Eldorf, Germany One of four German soldiers killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus they were traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003
Sgt. Helmi Jimenez-Paradis 29 Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 320 (320th Signals Regiment) Wunstorf, Germany One of four German soldiers killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus they were traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003
Master Sgt. Carsten Kuehlmorgen 32 Fernmeldeaufklärungsregiment 940 (940th Signals Intelligence Regiment) Chemnitz, Germany One of four German soldiers killed when a suicide car bomb detonated next to the bus they were traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2003
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