/world
Afghanistan
There have been 977 coalition deaths -- 605 Americans, six Australians, 120 Britons, 97 Canadians, three Czech, 16 Danes, 17 Dutch, three Estonians, one Finn, 22 French, 23 Germans, two Hungarians, 12 Italians, one Latvian, one Lithuanian, one NATO/ISAF, three Norwegians, eight Poles, two Portuguese, eight Romanians, one South Korean, 23 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of October 6, 2008, according to a CNN count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. At least 2,490 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View the list of casualties in the war in Iraq and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

Select a year:       2001 |  2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Select a month:   January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
« PREVIOUSSeptember 2004NEXT »
  NAME AGE UNIT HOMETOWN DETAILS
Staff Sgt. Alan L. Rogers 49 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard Kearns, Utah Died of non-combat related injuries in Bagram, Afghanistan, on September 29, 2004
Staff Sgt. Robert S. Goodwin 35 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Albany, Georgia Killed when his patrol vehicle was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Shkin in Afghanistan's Paktika province on September 20, 2004
Staff Sgt. Tony B. Olaes 30 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Walhalla, South Carolina Killed when his patrol vehicle was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Shkin in Afghanistan's Paktika province on September 20, 2004
Spc. Wesley R. Wells 21 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Libertyville, Illinois Killed when his observation post was fired on by anti-coalition militia forces in Naka, Afghanistan, on September 20, 2004
  NAME AGE UNIT HOMETOWN DETAILS

Select a year:       2001 |  2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Select a month:   January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
« PREVIOUS September 2004 NEXT »
Home  |  World  |  U.S.  |  Politics  |  Crime  |  Entertainment  |  Health  |  Tech  |  Travel  |  Living  |  Business  |  Sports  |  Time.com
© 2008 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.