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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 451
-- The Associated Press (Published June 23‚ 2008) As of Monday, June 23, 2008, at least 451 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 14 at 10 a.m. EDT. Of those, the military reports 314 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 65 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen. There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death. --- The latest deaths reported by the military: --- The latest identifications reported by the military: - Marine Sgt. Matthew E. Mendoza, 24, San Antonio, Texas; died Friday during combat in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. |
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