Enduring Freedom Casualties

Afghanistan

There have been 892 coalition deaths -- 558 Americans, six Australians, 112 Britons, 88 Canadians, three Czech, 15 Danes, 16 Dutch, three Estonians, one Finn, 12 French, 22 Germans, two Hungarians, 11 Italians, one Lithuanian, three Norwegians, five Poles, two Portuguese, seven Romanians, one South Korean, 23 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of July 25, 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 2,257 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
Spc. James M. Finley	21	173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team	Lebanon, Missouri	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Jalalabad City, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2008
Pvt. Andrew J. Shields	19	173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team	Battleground, Washington	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Jalalabad City, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2008
Sgt. 1st Class David Nunez	27	3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group	Los Angeles, California	Died of wounds suffered when he encountered small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Shewan, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2008
Pfc. Chad M. Trimble	29	1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division	West Covina, California	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb near Gardez, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2008
Spc. Justin L. Buxbaum	23	62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade	South Portland, Maine	Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Kshamond, Afghanstian, on May 26, 2008
Spc. Christopher Gathercole	21	2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment	Santa Rosa, California	Died of wounds suffered from small-arms fire during combat operations in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2008
Marine Dale Gostick	22	3 Troop Armoured Support Company, Royal Marines	Oxford, England	Killed when the vehicle he was driving struck a suspected mine at the Sangin crossing of the Helmand River, southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 25, 2008
Spc. David L. Leimbach	38	1st Battalion, 118th Infantry, South Carolina Army National Guard	Taylors, South Carolina	Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Bala Baluk, Afghanistan on May 25, 2008
Sgt. Maj. Ivar Brok	30	Logistics support unit NSE-5	Estonia	Died of injuries sustained in an accident that occured while he was unloading a truck at Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2008
Sgt. Arunas Jarmalavicius	35	Grand Duchess Birute Motorized Infantry Battalion	Lithuania	Killed when gunfire broke out at an anti-U.S. protest near a military airfield in western Ghor province, Afghanistan, on May 22, 2008
Lt. Jeffrey A. Ammon	37	Commander Navy Region Northwest	Orem, Utah	Died as a result of injuries suffered when a homemade bomb detonated in the Aband District, Afghanistan on May 20, 2008
1st Lt. Jeffrey F. Deprimo	35	3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard	Pittston, Pennsyvlania	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on May 20, 2008
Lt. Col. Joseph A. Moore	54	124th Wing, Idaho Air National Guard	Boise, Idaho	Died of natural causes in Djibouti on May 20, 2008
Cpl. William J. L. Cooper	22	1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Eupora, Mississippi	Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on May 19, 2008
Master Sgt. Davy N. Weaver	39	48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard	Barnesville, Georgia	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Qalat, Afghanistan, on May 18, 2008
Pvt. Matthew W. Brown	20	3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade	Zelienople, Pennsylvania	Died from injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Asadabad, Afghanistan, on May 11, 2008
Pfc. Ara T. Deysie	18	1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division	Parker, Arizona	Died of wounds suffered when his unit came under rocket-propelled grenade fire in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on May 9, 2008
Sgt. Isaac Palomarez	26	1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division	Loveland, Colorado	Died of wounds suffered when his patrol encountered a roadside bomb and came under small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, on May 9, 2008
Spc. Jeremy R. Gullett	22	4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division	Greenup, Kentucky	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Sabari District, Afghanistan, on May 7, 2008
Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Roberts	25	2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division	Farmington, New Mexico	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Sabari District, Afghanistan, on May 7, 2008
Cpl. Michael Starker	36	15 Field Ambulance	Calgary, Canada	Killed when his patrol came under enemy fire in the Pashmul region of Zharey district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 6, 2008
Trooper Ratu Babakobau	29	D Squadron, Household Cavalry Regiment	Fiji	Killed when the vehicle he was traveling in suffered a minestrike while providing protection for a routine patrol in the Nowzad area of northern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 2, 2008