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There have been 944 coalition deaths -- 579 Americans, six Australians, 116 Britons, 96 Canadians, three Czech, 16 Danes, 16 Dutch, three Estonians, one Finn, 22 French, 23 Germans, two Hungarians, 11 Italians, one Lithuanian, two NATO/ISAF, three Norwegians, eight Poles, two Portuguese, seven Romanians, one South Korean, 23 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of September 5, 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 2,409 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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Pfc. Hubert Kowalewski 26 10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej (10th Armor Cavalry Brigade) Poland One of two Polish soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in the Sharan district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on February 26, 2008
Cpl. Szymon Slowik 33 16 Batalion Powietrzno-Desantowy (16th Air Assault Battalion) Poland One of two Polish soldiers killed when when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in the Sharan district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on February 26, 2008
Pvt. Morten Krogh Jensen 21 1 Bataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde (1st Battalion, The Royal Guards) Denmark Killed when he was preparing his weapon and it accidentally went off and struck him at Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 24, 2008
Cpl. Damian Mulvihill 32 Commando Royal Marines Plymouth, England Killed when a homemade bomb exploded during patrol operations near Helmand Province, Afghanistan on February 20, 2008
Cpl. Damian Stephen Lawrence 25 North Yorkshire, Scarborough, England Plymouth, England Died of injuries sustained when a land mine detonated during patrol operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on February 17, 2008
First Marshal Giovanni Pezzullo 44 Civil-Military Cooperation Group South, NATO Oderzo, Italy Killed during a direct fire attack on a patrol in Sarobi District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan, on February 13, 2008
Staff Sgt. Donald T. Tabb 29 6th Military Police Detachment, 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment Norcross, Georgia Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Sangin, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2008

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