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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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Staff Sgt. James D. Bullard 28 Company A, 1st Battalion, 263rd Armor Regiment, South Carolina Army National Guard Marion, South Carolina Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenades, machine-gun fire, mortars and small-arms fire during combat operations in Spearwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on October 30, 2007
Maj. Jeffrey R. Calero 34 Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Massachusetts National Guard Queens Village, New York Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded while he was on dismounted patrol in Kajaki, Afghanistan, on October 29, 2007
Master Sgt. Thomas L. Bruner 50 Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 100th Division, Army Reserve Owensboro, Kentucky Died from a non-combat related illness in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 28, 2007
Staff Sgt. Joseph F. Curreri 27 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Los Angeles, California Died in an accidental drowning incident at Siet Lake near Panamao, Philippines, on October 27, 2007
Sgt. Joshua C. Brennan 22 Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Ontario, Oregon Died on October 26, 2007, in Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained a day earlier when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades, machine gun and small-arms fire during combat operations in Korengal Valley
Spc. Hugo V. Mendoza 29 Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Glendale, Arizona One of two soldiers who died of wounds sustained when they came in contact with enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades, machine gun and small-arms fire during combat operations in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on October 25, 2007
Sgt. Matthew Locke 33 3rd Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment Perth, Australia Killed by small-arms fire during a patrol in the Chora Valley in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on October 25, 2007
Sgt. Edward O. Philpot 38 Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 263rd Armor Regiment, South Carolina National Guard Latta, South Carolina Died of a non-combat related Humvee rollover accident in Afghanistan on October 23, 2007
Staff Sgt. Larry I. Rougle 25 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team West Jordan, Utah Died of wounds suffered when he was engaged by enemy small-arms fire during combat operations in Sawtalo Sar Mountain in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on October 23, 2007
Maj. Anders J. Storrud 34 Den Kongelige Livgarde (The Royal Life Guards) Denmark Died at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on October 16, 2007, of wounds sustained from mortar fire during an operation the previous day in Helmand province
Trooper David Pearce 41 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Australian Light Armored Vehicle while returning to base near Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on October 8, 2007
Spc. Adam D. Quinn 22 Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division Orange City, Florida Died of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle at Forward Operating Base Phoenix near Bagram, Afghanistan, on October 6, 2007
Maj. Alexis Roberts 32 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles Kent, England Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle 18 miles (29 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on October 4, 2007
Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark R. Cannon 31 Navy corpsman assigned to 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force Lubbock, Texas Died while conducting combat operations in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on October 2, 2007
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