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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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Capt. Daniel W. Eggers 28 Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Cape Coral, Florida Killed along with three others when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device as they swerved to avoid another explosive device in the road while returning to their base of operations near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2004
Spc. Joseph A. Jeffries 21 320th Psychological Operations Company, Army Reserve Beaverton, Oregon Killed along with three others when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device as they swerved to avoid another explosive device in the road while returning to their base of operations near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2004
Sgt. 1st Class Robert J. Mogensen 26 Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Leesville, Louisiana Killed along with three others when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device as they swerved to avoid another explosive device in the road while returning to their base of operations near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2004
Petty Officer 1st Class Brian J. Ouellette 37 Naval Special Warfare Group Two Needham, Massachusetts Killed along with three others when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device as they swerved to avoid another explosive device in the road while returning to their base of operations near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2004
Grenadier Tommy Roedningsby 29 Telemark Battalion, Norwegian Army Skreia, Toten, Norway Killed when rocket-propelled grenades were fired at a Norwegian patrol of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2004
Chief Warrant Officer Bruce E. Price 37 Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Fayetteville, North Carolina Killed when insurgents ambushed his patrol and his vehicle was struck by small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire in Kajaki, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2004
Cpl. Ronald R. Payne Jr. 23 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Lakeland, Florida Died due to hostile action in the vicinity of Tawara, Afghanistan, on May 7, 2004
Pfc. Brandon J. Wadman 19 2nd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery, Florida Army National Guard Cape Coral, Florida Died when his vehicle rolled over in Afghanistan on May 5, 2004
Sgt. Phillip L. Witkowski 24 Battery F, 7th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light) Fredonia, New York Died on May 1, 2004, in Homberg, Germany, from non-combat related injuries sustained on April 30, in Kandahar, Afghanistan
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