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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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Pvt. Robert Costall 22 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Killed along with a U.S. soldier when Taliban insurgents attacked a forward operating base with mortars, rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire in northern Helmand Province in Afghanistan on March 28, 2006
Sgt. 1st Class John T. Stone 52 15th Civil Support Team, Vermont Army National Guard Norwich, Vermont Killed along with a Canadian soldier when Taliban insurgents attacked a forward operating base with mortars, rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire in northern Helmand Province in Afghanistan on March 28, 2006
Lance Cpl. Peter Edward Craddock 31 Support Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Hometown of record not available Died in a traffic accident in Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2006
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher L. Robinson 36 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard Brandon, Mississippi Killed when he was fatally struck by enemy small-arms fire during a combat patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on March 25, 2006
Cpl. Mark Cridge 25 7 Signal Regiment, Royal Corp of Signals England Died at Camp Bastion near Lashkar Gah in the southern province of Helmand, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2006. British authorites said initial inquiries into his death did not indicate hostile action.
Sgt. Kevin D. Akins 29 Company A, 391st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve Burnsville, North Carolina One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2006
Sgt. Anton J. Hiett 25 Headquarters Company, 391st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve Mount Airy, North Carolina One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2006
Spc. Joshua L. Hill 24 Company A, 391st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve Fairmount, Indiana One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2006
Staff Sgt. Joseph R. Ray 29 Company A, 391st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve Asheville, North Carolina One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2006
Lance Cpl. Nicholas R. Anderson 21 Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Sauk City, Wisconsin Died when his Humvee accidentally rolled over in the Torkham District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on March 13, 2006
Petty Officer Loïc Le Page 30 Marine Commandos, French Special Forces Arue, France Killed during a firefight with Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan on March 4, 2006
Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson 30 Company B, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment Shilo, Manitoba, Canada Died at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, on March 4, 2006, of injuries sustained when his Light Armored Vehicle collided with a civilian taxi that may have failed to yield at an intersection, causing the LAV to swerve into a ditch and roll over in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 2, 2006
Cpl. Paul J. Davis 28 Company B, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada Killed when his Light Armored Vehicle collided with a civilian taxi that may have failed to yield at an intersection, causing the LAV to swerve into a ditch and roll over in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 2, 2006
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