At least 936 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001
By APFriday, March 12, 2010
US military deaths in Afghan region at 936
As of Friday, March 12, 2010, at least 936 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 an Associated Press count.
The AP count is four more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
At least 727 military personnel died in the Afghan region as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
Outside the Afghan region, the department reports 76 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, eight 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.
The Defense Department also counts two military civilian deaths.
The latest identifications reported by the military:
— Lance Cpl. Garrett W. Gamble, 20, of Sugarland, Texas; died Thursday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
— Sgt. Jonathan J. Richardson, 24, of Bald Knob, Ark., and Pfc. Jason M. Kropat, 25, of White Lake, N.Y.; died Tuesday in Khost province, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using small-arms, indirect and rocket-propelled grenade fires; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
— Pvt. Nicholas S. Cook, 19, of Hungry Horse, Mont.; died March 7 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Italy.
— Spc. Alan N. Dikcis, 21, of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; died March 5 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device; assigned to the 630th Engineer Company (Clearance), 7th Engineer Battalion (Combat
— Effects), 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat) (Airborne), Fort Drum, N.Y.
— Sgt. Anthony A. Paci, 30, of Rockville, Md.; died Mar. 4 at Gereshk, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered during a vehicle rollover; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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