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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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Capt. Friedrich Deininger 53 Heeresfliegerregiment 25 (25th Army Aviation Regiment) Laupheim, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Junior Sgt. Frank Ehrlich 23 Technische Schule der Luftwaffe 3 (Technical School of the Air Force 3) Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Sgt. Heinz-Ullrich Hewußt 41 Heeresfliegerregiment 15 (15th Army Aviation Regiment) Kreis Steinfurt, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Sgt. Bernhard Kaiser 46 Heeresfliegerregiment 15 (15th Army Aviation Regiment) Kreis Steinfurt, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Sgt. Thomas Schiebel N/A Heeresfliegerregiment 25 (25th Army Aviation Regiment) Laupheim, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Pfc. Enrico Schmidt 24 Heeresfliegerregiment 25 (25th Army Aviation Regiment) Laupheim, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
1st Lt. Uwe Vierling 31 Heeresfliegerregiment 15 (15th Aviation Regiment) Thuringia, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Sgt. Steven Checo 22 Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division New York, New York Shot and killed in a gunfight while on a nighttime operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, near the border of Pakistan, on December 20, 2002
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