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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. Maj. Phillip R. Albert 41 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Terryville, Connecticut Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003
Master Sgt. William J. Kerwood 37 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Houston, Missouri Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003
Maj. Steven Plumhoff 33 58th Special Operations Squadron, 58th Special Operations Wing Neshanic Station, New Jersey Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003
Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Walkup Jr. 25 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Millville, New Jersey Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003
Tech. Sgt. Howard A. Walters 33 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Port Huron, Michigan Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003
Sgt. Jay A. Blessing 23 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Tacoma, Washington Killed when the Humvee he was riding was hit by an improvised explosive device in Asadabad, Afghanistan, on November 16, 2003
2nd Lt. Iosif-Silviu Fogorasi 33 151st Infantry Battalion, Romanian Army Alesd, Romania Killed when his armored convoy was attacked near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, along the Pakistan border on November 11, 2003
2nd Lt. Mihail Anton Samuila 35 151st Infantry Battalion, Romanian Army Beius, Romania Died on November 14, 2003, of wounds sustained when his convoy was attacked near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, along the Pakistan border on November 11
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