Enduring Freedom Casualties

Afghanistan

There have been 926 coalition deaths -- 574 Americans, six Australians, 116 Britons, 90 Canadians, three Czech, 15 Danes, 16 Dutch, three Estonians, one Finn, 22 French, 22 Germans, two Hungarians, 11 Italians, one Lithuanian, one NATO/ISAF, three Norwegians, five Poles, two Portuguese, seven Romanians, one South Korean, 23 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of August 20, 2008, according to a CNN count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. At least 2,330 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View the list of casualties in the war in Iraq and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

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NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Ryan Kahler	29	2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team	Granite Falls, Minnesota	Died on January 26, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from small arms fire in Waygul, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation as an Afghan guard possibly mistook Kahler as an enemy combatant and engaged him with small arms fire.
Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller	24	Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group	Iowa City, Iowa	Died of wounds suffered when he encountered small arms fire during combat operations in Barikowt, Afghanistan on January 25, 2008
Cpl. Etienne Gonthier	21	5th Combat Engineer Regiment	St-George-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada	Killed when his armored vehicle struck a suspected roadside bomb while conducting route clearance ahead of a convoy west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 23, 2008
Cpl. Darryl Gardiner	25	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers attached to 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery	Wiltshire, England	Died of wounds sustained when a roadside mine detonated near his vehicle 1.8 miles (3 km) north of Musa Qala in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 20, 2008
Trooper Richard Renaud	26	12th Canadian Armoured Regiment	Alma, Quebec, Canada	Killed when his armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb during a patrol in the Arghandab District, approximately 6.2 miles (10 km) north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 15, 2008
Cpl. Aldert Poortema	22	44th Armoured Infantry Battalion	IJlst, Netherlands	One of two Dutch soldiers killed in a friendly fire incident during a firefight with Taliban fighters near Deh Rawod in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2008
Pfc. Wesley Schol	20	44th Armoured Infantry Battalion	Assen, Netherlands	One of two Dutch soldiers killed in a friendly fire incident during a firefight with Taliban fighters near Deh Rawod in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2008
Lt. Col. Richard J. Berrettini	52	Pennsylvania Army National Guard Medical Detachment	Wilcox, Pennsylvania	Died in San Antonio, Texas, on January 11, 2008, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Khowst Province, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2008
Sgt. David J. Drakulich	22	508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division	Reno, Nevada	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Chagali, Afghanistan, on January 9, 2008
Maj. Michael L. Green	36	Headquarters, V Corps	Chagrin Falls, Ohio	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan on January 7, 2008
Sgt. James K. Healy	25	703rd Explosive Ordnance Detachment	Hesperia, California	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan on January 7, 2008
Cpl. Eric Labbe	31	2nd Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment	Rimouski, Quebec	One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their Light Armored Vehicle accidentally rolled over during a tactical move across difficult terrain in Nalgham, in the Zhari District, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2008
Warrant Officer Hani Massouh	41	2nd Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment	Egypt	One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their Light Armored Vehicle accidentally rolled over during a tactical move across difficult terrain in Nalgham, in the Zhari District, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2008
Sgt. Shawn F. Hill	37	178th Engineer Battalion, 218th Infantry Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard	Wellford, South Carolina	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Khowst province, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2008