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There have been 1,539 coalition deaths -- 933 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 242 Britons, 133 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 22, 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 4,683 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Jallah Jr. |
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Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division |
Fayetteville, North Carolina |
Jallah died of a non-combat cause on March 28, 2004, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was medically evacuated from Afghanistan to Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany on February 16. |
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Sgt. Michael J. Esposito Jr. |
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Company A, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division |
Brentwood, New York |
Killed when his team came under small-arms fire while clearing a village in Dehrawood, Afghanistan, on March 18, 2004 |
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Staff Sgt. Anthony S. Lagman |
22 |
Company A, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division |
Yonkers, New York |
Killed when his team came under small-arms fire while clearing a village in Dehrawood, Afghanistan, on March 18, 2004 |
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