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There have been 1,536 coalition deaths -- 933 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 241 Britons, 133 Canadians, three Czech, 28 Danes, 21 Dutch, seven Estonians, one Finn, 36 French, 31 Germans, two Hungarians, 22 Italians, three Latvian, one Lithuanian, four Norwegians, 16 Poles, two Portuguese, 11 Romanians, one South Korean, 26 Spaniards, two Swedes and two Turks -- in the war on terror as of December 21, 2009, 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 in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. At least 4,683 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
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  NAME AGE UNIT HOMETOWN DETAILS
Marine Tony Evans 20 J Company, 42 Commando Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England One of two Royal Marines killed when their foot patrol was attacked by insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades northwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2008
Lt. Michael Fussell 25 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia Killed when a roadside bomb exploded during a dismounted patrol in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2008
Marine Georgie Sparks 19 J Company, 42 Commando Epping, Essex, England One of two Royal Marines killed when their foot patrol was attacked by insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades northwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2008
Marine Alexander Lucas 24 Victor Company, 45 Commando Peebles, Scotland Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near Kajaki in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2008
Adjudant Nicolas Rey 32 3e Règiment du Gènie (3rd Combat Engineer Regiment) Castres, France Killed when he stepped on a landmine during a reconnaissance patrol on the southern outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 22, 2008
Colour Sgt. Krishnabahadur Dura 36 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles Lamjung district, Nepal Killed when his Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the Musa Qaleh district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 15, 2008
Spc. Jonnie L. Stiles 38 927th Engineer Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard Highlands Ranch, Colorado Died of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2008
Marine Neil David Dunstan 32 Brigade Reconnaissance Force, UK Landing Force Command Support Group, 3 Commando Brigade Bournemouth, England One of two British Royal Marines killed in an explosion in the Garmsir district of southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2008
Marine Robert Joseph McKibben 32 Brigade Reconnaissance Force, UK Landing Force Command Support Group, 3 Commando Brigade County Mayo, Ireland One of two British Royal Marines killed in an explosion in the Garmsir district of southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2008
1st Sgt. Juan Andres Suarez Garcia 41 Brigada de Infanterķa Ligera Aerotransportable (Airborne Light Infantry Brigade) Mieres, Asturias, Spain One of two Spanish soldiers killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden van into an Afghan Army supply convoy escorted by Spanish soldiers near Shindand in Herat province, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2008
Cpl. Ruben Alonso Rios 30 Brigada de Infanterķa Ligera Aerotransportable (Airborne Light Infantry Brigade) Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain One of two Spanish soldiers killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden van into an Afghan Army supply convoy escorted by Spanish soldiers near Shindand in Herat province, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2008
Rifleman Yubraj Rai 28 Company B, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles Khotang district, Nepal Died from a gunshot wound from enemy fire in Musa Qaleh in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2008
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