At least 945 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001
By APFriday, March 26, 2010
US military deaths in Afghan region at 945
As of Friday, March 26, 2010, at least 945 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 five more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
At least 733 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:
— Sgt. Maj. Robert J. Cottle, 45, of Whittier, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Rick J. Centanni, 19, of Yorba Linda, Calif.; died March 24 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
— Sgt. 1st Class Carlos M. Santos-Silva, 32, of Clarksville, Tenn.; died March 22 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
— Lance Cpl. Justin J. Wilson, 24, of Palm City, Fla.; died March 22 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
— Chief Petty Officer Adam Brown, 36, of Hot Springs, Ark.; died March 18 in Afghanistan; assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL Team.
— Sgt. Joel D. Clarkson, 23, of Fairbanks, Alaska; died March 16 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds suffered on March 13 during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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