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There have been 1,749 coalition deaths -- 1,060 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 285 Britons, 144 Canadians, three Czech, 29 Danes, 23 Dutch, seven Estonians, one Finn, 41 French, 43 Germans, two Hungarians, 22 Italians, four Latvians, one Lithuanian, five Norwegians, 16 Poles, two Portuguese, 13 Romanians, one South Korean, 28 Spaniards, four Swedes, two Turks and one NATO/ISAF -- in the war on terror as of May 14, 2010, 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 serving in the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. At least 5,831 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. In addition to the military deaths, one Jordanian and 11 U.S. intelligence operatives have died in Afghanistan.
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Pvt. Giovanny Maria |
19 |
Company A, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division |
Camden, New Jersey |
Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Uzbekistan on November 29, 2001 |
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Officer Johnny Michael Spann |
32 |
Counterterrorism Center, Central Intelligence Agency |
Winfield, Alabama |
Killed when Taliban prisoners revolted as he and another CIA agent were questioning them at Qali-i-Jangi prison in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, on November 25, 2001 |
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Electronics Technician 3rd Class Benjamin Johnson |
21 |
The Spruance-class destroyer USS Peterson |
Rochester, New York |
Johnson was part of an eight-man security team that boarded an Iraqi freighter suspected of smuggling oil. He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf. |
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Engineman 1st Class Vincent Parker |
38 |
The Spruance-class destroyer USS Peterson |
Preston, Mississippi |
Parker was part of an eight-man security team that boarded an Iraqi freighter, Motor Vessel Samra, suspected of smuggling oil. He and another sailor drowned when the freighter sank on November 18, 2001, in the northern Persian Gulf. |
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Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Bryant L. Davis |
20 |
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk |
Chicago, Illinois |
Davis fell overboard on November 7, 2001, and was declared deceased after more than two days of search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful. |
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