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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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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
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