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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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Cpl. Alan Karsanov |
Not available |
2e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, Légion Étrangère (2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment, French Foreign Legion) |
France |
Killed in unknown circumstances in Afghanistan on February 11, 2005 |
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Spc. Richard M. Crane |
25 |
Detachment 1, 325th Field Hospital, Army Reserve |
Independence, Missouri |
Died of non-combat related injuries in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2005 |
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Cmdr. Bruno Vianini |
41 |
Interforces Command, Special Operations Forces, Italian Defense General Staff |
La Spezia, Italy |
Died when a Kam Air Boeing 737-200 crashed while flying from Herat to Kabul in Afghanistan on February 3, 2005. Vianini was in Afghanistan to assist with an International Security Assistance Force provincial reconstruction team in Herat. |
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