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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 461
-- The Associated Press (Published June 26‚ 2008) As of Thursday, June 26, 2008, at least 461 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 Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. Of those, the military reports 324 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: - Army Spc. Ryan J. Connolly, 24, Vacaville, Calif.; died Tuesday in Khogyani, Afghanistan, of wounds from a land mine; assigned to the 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Bamberg, Germany. - Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher D. Strickland, 25, Labelle, Fla., died Wednesday during combat in Helmand province, Afghanistan; was assigned to 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. |
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