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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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Spc. Chris Kleinwachter 29 Battery A, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, North Dakota Army National Guard Wahpeton, North Dakota Died of injuries suffered when his vehicle rolled over during combat operations in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on November 30, 2006
Spc. Jeffrey G. Roberson 22 230th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Phelan, California One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Logar, Afghanistan, on November 28, 2006
Staff Sgt. Michael A. Shank 31 230th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Bonham, Texas One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle during combat operations in Logar, Afghanistan, on November 28, 2006
1st Lt. Benjamin D. Keating 27 A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Shapleigh, Maine Died of injuries received when the vehicle he was riding in rolled down a sharp embankment near Kamdesh in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, on November 26, 2006
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard 46 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their Bison Light Armored Vehicle was attacked by a suicide car bomber on Highway 4 between Kandahar Airfield and Kandahar, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2006
Cp. Albert Storm 36 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their Bison Light Armored Vehicle was attacked by a suicide car bomber on Highway 4 between Kandahar Airfield and Kandahar, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2006
2nd Lt. Scott B. Lundell 35 Headquarters Battery, I Corps Artillery, Utah Army National Guard Hurricane, Utah Died from injuries sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades while on patrol in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on November 25, 2006
Cpl. Nathan J. Goodiron 25 Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, North Dakota Army National Guard Mandaree, North Dakota Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the vehicle he was driving during a combat patrol in Qarabagh, Afghanistan, on November 23, 2006
Sgt. 1st Class William Brown 30 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group White Settlement, Texas Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on November 6, 2006
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