There have been 1,644 Coalition deaths in Afghanistan since the war started. 995 of these have been Americans. 5,064 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action.
"Sit on the bed. I'm blind, and three parts shell.
Be careful; can't shake hands now; never shall.
Both arm have mutinied against me, --brutes.
My fingers fidget like ten idle brats.
I tried to peg out soldierly, --no use!
One dies of war like any old disease.
This bandage feels like pennies on my eyes.
I have my medals?--Discs to make eyes close.
My glorious ribbons?--Ripped from my own back
In scarlet shreds. (That's for your poetry book.)
A short life and a merry one my buck!
We used to say we'd hate to live dead-old,--
Yet now...I'd willingly be puffy, bald,
And patriotic."
--Wilfred Owen, World War I
Lance Cpl. Matthias N. Hanson / age 20 / Bufffalo, KY / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan/ February 23, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak / age 25 / Florence, KY / Died while supporting combat operaions in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 21, 2010.
Pfc. JR Salvacion / age 27 / Ewa Beach, Hawaii / Died of wounds wuffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb at Senjaray, Afghanistan / February 21, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Eric L. Ward / age 19 / Redmond, WA / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 21, 2010.
Capt. Marcus R. Alford / age 28 / Knoxville, TN / One of two soldiers killed when their helicopter experienced a hard landing at Qayyarah Airfield, near Mosol, Iraq / February 21, 2010.
Chief Warrant Officer Billie J. Grinder / age 25 / Gallatin, TN / The second soldier killed in that helicopter addicent near Mosol, Iraq / February 21, 2010.
Staff Sgt. Michael David P. Cardenaz / age 29 / Corona, CAL / Died when enemy forces attacked his unit with rocket-propelled grenades in Kunar province, Afghanistan / February 20, 2010.
Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Eckard / age 30 / Hickory, NC / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / Febryuary 20, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Joshua H. Birchfield / age 24 / Westville, IND/ Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / Ferbruary 19, 2010.
Cpl. Gregory S. Stulz / age 22 / Brazil, IN / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 19, 2010.
Pfc. Kyle J. Coulu / age 20 / Providence, RI / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 18, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Klein T. Dunn / age 19 Chesapeake, VA /Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 18, 20010.
Lance Cpl. Larry M. Johnson / age 19 / Scranton, PA / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province / February 18, 2010.
Sgt. Jeremy R. McQueary / age 27 / Columbus, IN / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 18, 2010.
Petty Officer 1st Class Sean l. Caughman / age 43 / Fort Worth, TX / Died while supporting operations in Kuwait / February 16, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Noah M. Pier / age 25 / Charlotte, NC / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province / February 16, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie / age 23 / Rock Point, ARZ / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 16, 2010.
Pfc. Jason H. Estopinal / age 21 / Dallas, GA / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan/ February 15, 2010.
Spc. Bobby J. Pagan / age 23 /Austin, TX / One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan / February 13, 2010.
Staff Sgt. John A. Reiners / age 24 / Lakeland, FL / The second of three soldiers killed from that roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan / February 13, 2010.
Cpl. Jacob H. Turbett / age 21 / Canton, MICH / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 13, 2010.
Sgt. Jeremiah T. Wittman / age 26 / Darby, MON / The third soldier killed from that roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, February 13, 2010.
Sgt. Adam J. Ray / age 23 / Louisville, KY / Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan / February 9, 2010.
Pfc. Charles A. Williams / age 29 / Fair Oaks, CAL / Died of injuries sustained while supporting combat operations at Camp Nathan Smith, Afghanistan / February 7, 2010.
Sgt. Dillon B . Fox / age 22 / Traverse City, MICH / Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Badghis province, Afghanistan / February 5, 2010.
Sgt. 1st Class David J. Hartman / age 27 / Merced, CAL / One of three soldiers killed when a bomb exploded near their vehicle in North Western Frontier province, Pakistan as they were on their way to attend a ceremony at a girls' school that had been renovated with U.S. assistance / February 3, 2010.
Sgt. 1st Class Matthew S. Sluss-Tiller / age 35 / Callettsburg, KY / The second of those three soldiers killed at a bomb explosion in North Western Frontier, Pakistan / February 3, 2010.
Staff Sgt. Mark A. Stets / age 39 / El Cajon, CAL / The third soldier killed at that bomb explosion in North Western Frontier, Pakistan / February 3, 2010.
Pfc. Zachary G. Lovejoy / age 20 / Albuquerque, NM / One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a roadside bomb in Zabul province, Afghanistan / February 2, 2010.
Cpl. Daniel Whitten / age 28 / Grimes, Iowa / The second soldier killed when enemy forces attacked their vehicle in Zabul province, Afghanistan / February 2, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Michael L. Freeman Jr. / age 21 / Fayetteville, PA / Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan / February 1, 2010.
Spc. Marc P. Decateau / age 19 / Waterville Valley, NH / One of two soldiers that died of injuries sustained during an incident in Warduk province, Afghanistan / January 29, 2010.
Capt. David J. Thompson / age 39 / Hooker,OK / The second soldier who died of injuries sustained in Wardak province, Afvghanistan / January 29, 2010.
Pfc. Scott Barnett / age 24 / Concord, CAL / Died of injuries sustained while supporting combat operations in Tallil, Iraq./ January 28, 2010.
Staff Sgt. Rusty H. Christian / age 24 / Greenville, TN / Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during patrol in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan / January 28, 2010.
Sgt. David J. Smith / age 25 / Frederick, MD / Died of wounds received on January 23 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province,Afghanistan./ January 26, 2010/
Sgt. Carlos E. Gill / age 25 / Fayetteville, NC / Gill was medically evacuated from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan and died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC / January 26, 2010.
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