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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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Spc. Chad C. Fuller 24 Company B, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Potsdam, New York Died of wounds received during a firefight with Taliban fighters northwest of Shkin, in Paktika province in Afghanistan on August 31, 2003
Pfc. Adam L. Thomas 21 Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Palos Hills, Illinois Died of wounds received during a firefight with Taliban fighters northwest of Shkin, in Paktika province in Afghanistan on August 31, 2003
Sgt. 1st Class Mitchell A. Lane 34 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Lompoc, California Died of injuries received during an accidental fall while on a night combat assault near Deh Chopan in the Zabul province, Afghanistan, on August 29, 2003
Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Tapper 32 Naval Special Warfare Development Group Atco, New Jersey Tapper was wounded when his convoy engaged enemy forces near Orgun, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2003. He was evacuated to Bagram Air Base hospital near Kabul, where he died of his wounds.
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