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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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Capt. Michael T. Fiscus 36 76th Infantry Brigade, Indiana Army National Guard Milford, Indiana One of four soldiers killed when a land mine exploded beneath their vehicle while they were examining potential firing range sites for the Afghan military in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2005
Spc. Brett M. Hershey 23 76th Infantry Brigade, Indiana Army National Guard State College, Pennsylvania One of four soldiers killed when a land mine exploded beneath their vehicle while they were examining potential firing range sites for the Afghan military in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2005
Master Sgt. Michael Hiester 33 76th Infantry Brigade, Indiana Army National Guard Bluffton, Indiana One of four soldiers killed when a land mine exploded beneath their vehicle while they were examining potential firing range sites for the Afghan military in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2005
Spc. Norman K. Snyder 21 76th Infantry Brigade, Indiana Army National Guard Carlisle, Indiana One of four soldiers killed when a land mine exploded beneath their vehicle while they were examining potential firing range sites for the Afghan military in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2005
Staff Sgt. Shane M. Koele 25 212th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Wayne, Nebraska Died on March 16, 2005, at Shindand Airfield in western Afghanistan, from injuries sustained a day earlier when a land mine exploded near his Humvee in Shindand
Petty Officer 1st Class Alec Mazur 35 Underwater Construction Team 1, Combined Task Force 56, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Vernon, New York Killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident while driving to Mombasa, Kenya, after completing an engineering assessment near Kenyan Naval Base Manda Bay, Kenya, on March 9, 2005
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