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There have been 1,539 coalition deaths -- 933 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 242 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 22, 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 Warrant Officer Christopher M. Allgaier 33 Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Middleton, Wisconsin One of five U.S. soldiers killed along with a British soldier and Canadian soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007
Staff Sgt. Charlie L. Bagwell 28 Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Lake Toxaway, North Carolina One of five U.S. soldiers killed along with a British soldier and Canadian soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007
Sgt. Jesse A. Blamires 25 Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division West Jordan, Utah One of five U.S. soldiers killed along with a British soldier and Canadian soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007
Cpl. Mike Gilyeat 28 Media Operations team, Royal Military Police, Regional Command (South) England Killed along with five U.S. soldiers and a Canadian soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007
Sgt. Brandon E. Hadaway 25 Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Valley, Alabama One of five U.S. soldiers killed along with a British soldier and Canadian soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007
Master Cpl. Darrell Jason Priede 30 Army News Team, 3 Area Support Group, Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Burlington, Ontario Killed along with five U.S. soldiers and a British soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007
Chief Warrant Officer Joshua R. Rodgers 29 Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Carson City, Nevada One of five U.S. soldiers killed along with a British soldier and Canadian soldier when a CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by Taliban fighters in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan on May 30, 2007
Cpl. Darren Bonner 31 Company A, 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment Great Yarmouth, England Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his convoy roughly 6.8 miles (11 km) east of Hyderabad in the Gereshk region of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2007
Guardsman Daniel Probyn 22 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards Tipton, England Died in an explosion during an offensive operation to clear a Taliban stronghold on the outskirts of Garmsir in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2007
Sgt. Juan Antonio Abril Sanchez 31 66 Regimiento de Montaña, 1 Brigada de Montaña (66th Mountain Regiment, 1st Mountain Brigade) Zaragoza, Spain Died when his VAMTAC all-terrain vehicle accidentally overturned while on patrol in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2007
Cpl. Matthew McCully 25 Headquarters and Signals Squadron, 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Orangeville, Ontario Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his joint Canadian-Afghan foot patrol close to the village of Nalgham, approximately 35 km west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 25, 2007
Sgt. Petri Tapio Immonen 29 Finnish Border Guard Finland Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near a patrol escorting members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Maymaneh in northern Afghanistan on May 23, 2007
Lance Cpl. George Russell Davey 23 Company B, 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment Great Yarmouth, England Died as a result of a firearms accident on the British base at Sangin in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 20, 2007
Tech. Sgt. Michael Diebel 28 Reservist, German Army Germany One of three German soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive near a German patrol in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2007
Tech. Sgt. Michael Neumann 48 Marinearsenal Kiel (Naval Arsenal Kiel) Germany One of three German soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive near a German patrol in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2007
Capt. Matthias Standfuß 31 Territoriale Wehrverwaltung (Territorial Defense Administration) Germany One of three German soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive near a German patrol in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2007
Staff Sgt. Joshua R. Whitaker 23 Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Long Beach, California Died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire in Qalat, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2007
Maj. Larry J. Bauguess Jr. 36 Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Moravian Falls, North Carolina Killed when a NATO team was ambushed by unknown assailants after leaving a border security meeting near Teri Mangel, Pakistan, on May 14, 2007
Sgt. Timothy P. Padgett 28 Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Defuniak Springs, Florida Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by enemy forces during combat patrol operations in Tarin Kwot, Afghanistan, on May 8, 2007
Col. James W. Harrison Jr. 47 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Waynesville, Missouri One of two soldiers killed when an Afghan National Army soldier fired shots into their vehicles as they left the Pol-E-Charki prison outside Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 6, 2007
Master Sgt. Wilberto Sabalu Jr. 36 U.S. Military Police School Chicago, Illinois One of two soldiers killed when an Afghan National Army soldier fired shots into their vehicles as they left the Pol-E-Charki prison outside Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 6, 2007
Guardsman Simon Davison 22 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England Killed when the checkpoint he was manning came under attack by a small group of Taliban fighters near Garmsir in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 3, 2007
Pfc. Joseph G. Harris 19 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Sugar Land, Texas Died at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Afghanistan, on May 3, 2007
Lt. Nikolaj Martynov 28 43. Výsadkového Mechanizovaného Praporu, 4. Brigayády Rychlého Nasazení (43rd Airborne Mechanized Battalion, 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade) Czech Republic Died on May 3, 2007, at a military hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, of injuries sustained when an avalanche struck his vehcicle convoy southeast of Fayzabad in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan
1st Lt. Steen Rønn Sørensen 24 Royal Danish Army Denmark Died on May 3, 2007, in Denmark of wounds received in a firefight when Danish troops were attacked near Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 29, 2007
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