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There have been 1,536 coalition deaths -- 933 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 241 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 21, 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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Cpl. Alan Karsanov |
Not available |
2e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, Légion Étrangère (2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment, French Foreign Legion) |
France |
Killed in unknown circumstances in Afghanistan on February 11, 2005 |
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Spc. Richard M. Crane |
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Detachment 1, 325th Field Hospital, Army Reserve |
Independence, Missouri |
Died of non-combat related injuries in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2005 |
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Cmdr. Bruno Vianini |
41 |
Interforces Command, Special Operations Forces, Italian Defense General Staff |
La Spezia, Italy |
Died when a Kam Air Boeing 737-200 crashed while flying from Herat to Kabul in Afghanistan on February 3, 2005. Vianini was in Afghanistan to assist with an International Security Assistance Force provincial reconstruction team in Herat. |
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