At least 947 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001
By APFriday, April 2, 2010
US military deaths in Afghan region at 947
As of Friday, April 2, 2010, at least 947 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 three more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
At least 739 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 77 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:
—Pfc. James L. Miller, 21, of Yakima, Wash.; died Monday in Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
—Lance Cpl. Randy M. Heck, 20, of Steubenville, Ohio; died March 28 from a non-hostile incident in Djibouti, Africa; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
—Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Ross, 19, of Gillette, Wyo.; died March 24, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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