Enduring Freedom Casualties

Afghanistan

There have been 977 coalition deaths -- 605 Americans, six Australians, 120 Britons, 97 Canadians, three Czech, 16 Danes, 17 Dutch, three Estonians, one Finn, 22 French, 23 Germans, two Hungarians, 12 Italians, one Latvian, one Lithuanian, one NATO/ISAF, three Norwegians, eight Poles, two Portuguese, eight Romanians, one South Korean, 23 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of October 6, 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 2,490 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
Pfc. Christian Raaschou	24	Den Kongelige Livgarde (The Royal Guards)	Denmark	Killed in a battle with Taliban fighters 12.4 miles (20 km) northeast of Gereshk, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 31, 2008
Marine David Marsh	23	Company C, 40 Commando, Royal Marines	Taunton, Somerset, England	One of two Royal Marines killed when their vehicle was caught in an explosion during a patrol near Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 30, 2008
Lt. John Thornton	22	Company C, 40 Commando, Royal Marines	Ferndown, Dorset, England	One of two Royal Marines killed when their vehicle was caught in an explosion during a patrol near Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 30, 2008
Pvt. Anders Bjorn Storgaard	21	Den Kongelige Livgarde (The Royal Guards)	Tastrup, Denmark	Killed in a firefight with Taliban fighters in Gereshk, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2008
Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Canham	21	Marine Forces Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group	Lake Stevens, Washington	Died from a non-hostine incident in Djibouti on March 23, 2008
Staff Sgt. William R. Neil Jr.	38	3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group	Holmden, New Jersey	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2008
Pfc. Antione V. Robinson	20	782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division	Detroit, Michigan	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2008
Warrant Officer Milan Sterba	35	Czech Special Operations Group	Czech Republic	Killed along with two Danish soldiers, an interpreter and three Afghan civilians when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a military convoy in Gereshk in Helmand province, Afghanistan on March 17, 2008
Tech. Sgt. William H. Jefferson Jr.	34	21st Special Tactics Squadron, 720th Special Tactics Group	Norfolk, Virginia	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb near Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2008
Pfc. Ionut Cosmin Sandu	29	300th Infantry Battalion	Piscu, Romania	Killed when his armored Humvee hit a roadside bomb north of Qalat in southern Afghanistan on March 20, 2008
Capt. Christian Jørgen Grundt Damholt	33	Hjemmeværnet (Danish Home Guard)	Denmark	One of two Danish soldiers killed along with a Czech soldier, an interpreter and three Afghan civilians when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a military convoy in Gereshk in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on March 17, 2008
Senior Sgt. Sonny Kappel Jakobsen	45	Gardehusarregimentet (Guard Hussar Regiment)	Denmark	One of two Danish soldiers killed along with a Czech soldier, an interpreter and three Afghan civilians when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a military convoy in Gereshk in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on March 17, 2008
Sgt. Jason Boyes	21	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Canada	Killed when in an explosion during a joint Afghan-Canadian foot patrol in the Zangabad region in Panjwayi district, roughly 21 miles (35 km) southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2008
Staff Sgt. Collin J. Bowen	38	1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard	Millersville, Maryland	Died on March 14, 2008, at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Khowst province, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2008
Bombardier Jeremie Ouellet	22	1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery	Matane, Quebec	Ouellet was found dead in an accommodation room at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2008.
Sgt. Gabriel Guzman	25	2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division	Hornbrook, California	Killed when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Gholam Haydar Kala, Afghanistan, on March 8, 2008
Spc. Steven R. Koch	23	1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division	Milltown, New Jersey	One of two soldiers killed during combat operations in the Sabari District of Afghanistan on March 3, 2008
Sgt. Robert T. Rapp	22	1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division	Sonora, California	One of two soldiers killed during combat operations in the Sabari District of Afghanistan on March 3, 2008
Trooper Michael Yuki Hayakaze	25	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Canada	Killed when his armored vehicle hit a suspected roadside bomb in the Mushan region, located in the Panjawayi district, 28 miles (45 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 2, 2008