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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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Master Sgt. Emigdio E. Elizarraras 37 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Pico Rivera, California Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Ground Mobility Vehicle during a reconnaissance patrol north of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2006
1st Lt. Brandon R. Dronet 33 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Erath, Louisiana One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Sgt. James F. Fordyce 22 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Newton Square, Pennsylvania One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Senior Airman Alecia S. Good 23 92nd Communications Squadron, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Broadview Heights, Ohio One of two airmen killed along with eight Marines when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr. 21 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Villa Rica, Georgia One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens 25 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Long Beach, Mississippi One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Cpl. Matthieu Marcellus 31 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Gainesville, Florida One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley 23 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Gettysburg, Pennsylvania One of eight Marines and two airmen when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Staff Sgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez 33 1st Communications Squadron, 1st Mission Support Group, 1st Fighter Wing Bayamon, Puerto Rico One of two airmen killed along with eight Marines when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Sovie 20 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Ogdensburg, New York One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Capt. Bryan D. Willard 33 Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Hummelstown, Pennsylvania One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
Staff Sgt. Edwin H. Daza Chacon 38 Headquarters & Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Diamondbar, California One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan on February 13, 2006
Sgt. 1st Class Chad A. Gonsalves 31 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Turlock, California One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006
Sgt. Alberto D. Montrond 27 Company G, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Fayetteville, North Carolina One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006
Staff Sgt. Clinton T. Newman 26 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 321st Civil Affairs Brigade Pleasanton, Texas One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006
Pfc. Matthew L. Bertolino 20 Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force Hampstead, New Hampshire Died when his vehicle was involved in a rollover during a combat patrol near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on February 9, 2006
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class John T. Fralish 30 Navy corpsman assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force New Kingstown, Pennsylvania Killed when enemy forces opened fire on a U.S. patrol northwest of Methar Lam in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on February 6, 2006
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