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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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Chief Petty Officer Jacques J. Fontan 36 SEAL Team 10, Naval Special Warfare Group Two New Orleans, Louisiana One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare 29 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Danville, Ohio One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Chief Warrant Officer Corey J. Goodnature 35 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Clarks Grove, Minnesota One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel R. Healy 36 SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, Naval Special Warfare Group Three Exeter, New Hampshire One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby 21 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Pompano Beach, Florida One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Lt. Cmdr. Erik S. Kristensen 33 SEAL Team 10, Naval Special Warfare Command San Diego, California One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery A. Lucas 33 SEAL Team 10, Naval Special Warfare Group Two Corbett, Oregon One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Lt. Michael M. McGreevy Jr. 30 SEAL Team 10, Naval Special Warfare Group Two Portville, New York One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles 33 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Shelbyville, Indiana One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane E. Patton 22 SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, Naval Special Warfare Group Three Boulder City, Nevada One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Master Sgt. James W. Ponder III 36 Headquarters Company, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Franklin, Tennessee One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Maj. Stephen C. Reich 34 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Washington Depot, Connecticut One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell 31 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Stafford, Virginia One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Chief Warrant Officer Chris J. Scherkenbach 40 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Jacksonville, Florida One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Petty Officer 2nd Class James Suh 28 SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, Naval Special Warfare Group Three Deerfield Beach, Florida One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey S. Taylor 30 SEAL Team 10, Naval Special Warfare Group Two Midway, West Virginia One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005
Sgt. 1st Class Andreas Heine 37 Pionierregiment 100 (100th Engineer Regiment), assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Konduz Bad Oeynhausen, Germany One of two German soldiers killed when ordnance being prepared for demolition accidentally exploded near an airfield in Rustaq, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2005
Staff Sgt. Christian Schlotterhose 26 Panzergrenadierbataillon 332 (332nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion), ssigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Konduz Bad Oeynhausen, Germany One of two German soldiers killed when ordnance being prepared for demolition accidentally exploded near an airfield in Rustaq, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2005
Lance Cpl. Kevin B. Joyce 19 Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Ganado, Arizona Died after a roadway alongside the Pech River collapsed and his Humvee slid into the river during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, on June 25, 2005
Drummer Thomas Wright 21 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Ripley, Derbyshire, England Killed when his vehicle was caught in a explosion while escorting a military team surveying a site for a road project in th Babaji area just outside of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 24, 2007
Maj. Duane W. Dively 43 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Rancho California, California Died when his U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft crashed while returning to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates after completing a mission over Afghanistan on June 22, 2005
Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Piper 43 Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Marblehead, Massachusetts Died on June 16, 2005, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds sustained on June 3 when a roadside bomb detonated near his Ground Mobility Vehicle in Orgun-e, Afghanistan
Sgt. 1st Class Victor H. Cervantes 28 Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Stockton, California A weapons sergeant, Cervantes died of wounds sustained during combat operations while on patrol with Afghan security forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province on June 11, 2005
Pfc. Emmanuel Hernandez 22 Battery D, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Yauco, Puerto Rico Killed when his helicopter landing zone came under enemy fire in Shkin, Afghanistan, on June 8, 2005
Sgt. Michael J. Kelley 26 Battery E, 101st Field Artillery Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard Scituate, Massachusetts Killed when his helicopter landing zone came under enemy fire in Shkin, Afghanistan, on June 8, 2005
Staff Sgt. Leroy E. Alexander 27 Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Dale City, Virginia Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his Ground Mobility Vehicle during operations in Afghanistan's southeastern region near Orgun-e, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2005
Capt. Charles D. Robinson 29 Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Haddon Heights, New Jersey Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his Ground Mobility Vehicle during operations in Afghanistan's southeastern region near Orgun-e, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2005
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