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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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Sgt. Bart van Boxtel 29 11 Infanteriebataljon, 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade (11th Infantry Battalion, 11 Airmobile Brigade) Netherlands One of two Dutch servicemen killed when a civilian MI-8 helicopter crashed in rugged mountain terrain in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2006
Lt. Col. Jan van Twist 47 Operationeel Recht bij de Stafgroep Juridische Zaken, Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Operational Group Staff Legal Affairs, Royal Air Force) Netherlands One of two Dutch servicemen killed when a civilian MI-8 helicopter crashed in rugged mountain terrain in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2006
Spc. Andrew Velez 22 Corps Support Battalion, Theater Support Command Lubbock, Texas Committed suicide by shooting himself in Sharona, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2006. His brother, Spc. Jose A. Velez, was killed in Iraq in November 2004.
Sgt. David M. Hierholzer 27 Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Lewisburg, Tennessee Died of injuries sustained when his platoon encountered enemy forces small arms fire in Pesch, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2006
Cpl. Francisco Gomez 44 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Edmonton, Canada One of two Canadian soldiers killed when a suicide car bomber rammed their Bison troop carrier as their military convoy was returning to their base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 23, 2006
Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren 29 The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Montreal, Canada One of two Canadian soldiers killed when a suicide car bomber rammed their Bison troop carrier as their military convoy was returning to their base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 23, 2006
1st Sgt. Christopher C. Rafferty 37 Company C, 37th Engineer Battalion Brownsville, Pennsylvania Died on July 21, 2006 as a result of shrapnel wounds suffered on July 20 while he was coordinating a response to a mortar and possible rocket-propelled grenade attack in Sharana, Afghanistan
Staff Sgt Eric Caban 28 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Fort Worth, Texas Died on July 19, 2006, in southern Afghanistan of injuries sustained when his combat reconnaissance patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations on July 18
Staff Sgt. Robert J. Chiomento 34 Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Fort Dix, New Jersey Killed when his patrol encountered enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and mortars in Khwaya Ahmad, Afghanistan, on July 17, 2006
Sgt. Robert P. Kassin 29 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Las Vegas, Nevada Died when his platoon encountered enemy forces small-arms fire during combat operations at Larzab Base, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2006
Cpl. Anthony Joseph Boneca 21 Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, Canadian Army Reserve Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Killed in a firefight with Taliban fighters 15 miles (25 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 9, 2006
Soldado Jorge Arnaldo Hernandez 26 Brigada Paracaidista (Parachute Brigade), Spanish Army Peru Killed when an anti-tank mine was remotely detonated near his vehicle while on patrol in Farah province in western Afghanistan, on July 8, 2006
Pfc. Kevin F. Edgin 31 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Dyersburg, Tennessee Killed when his convoy encountered enemy small-arms fire in Baghran Valley, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2006
Pvt. Damien Jackson 19 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England Killed in a firefight with Taliban forces that occurred during a security patrol to clear a helicopter landing site at Sangin in central Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 5, 2006
Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey A. McLochlin 45 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard Rochester, Indiana Killed when his unit encountered enemy forces using small-arms fire during a patrol in Orgun-E, Afghanistan, on July 5, 2006
Chief Warrant Officer 3 William T. Flanigan 37 R Troop, 4th Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard Milan, Tennessee Killed when his AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed shortly after take off from Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan on July 2, 2006
Lt. Col. Carlo Liguori 41 Civil-Military cooperation team, Italian Army Sabaudia, Italy Died of a heart attack in Herat, Afghanistan on July 2, 2006
Lance Cpl. Jabron Hashmi 24 Intelligence Corps Birmingham, England One of two British soldiers killed in a Taliban attack on the British base in Sangin, Helmand province in Afghanistan on July 1, 2006
Cpl. Peter Thorpe 27 Royal Signals Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England One of two British soldiers killed in a Taliban attack on the British base in Sangin, Helmand province in Afghanistan on July 1, 2006
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