Showing posts with label US military deaths in Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US military deaths in Afghanistan. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 576
Of those, the military reports 421 were killed by hostile action.Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 67 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, three 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 identifications reported by the military:
Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin T. Preach, 21, Bridgewater, Mass.; died Saturday from wounds suffered Jan. 24 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Two Army soldiers died Sunday in Kabul of wounds from an improvised explosive device. Both were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment of Marion, Ill.Killed were Staff Sgt. Jason E. Burkholder, 27, Elida, Ohio, and 1st Lt. Jared W. Southworth, 26, Oakland, Ill.
Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin T. Preach, 21, Bridgewater, Mass.; died Saturday from wounds suffered Jan. 24 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Two Army soldiers died Sunday in Kabul of wounds from an improvised explosive device. Both were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment of Marion, Ill.Killed were Staff Sgt. Jason E. Burkholder, 27, Elida, Ohio, and 1st Lt. Jared W. Southworth, 26, Oakland, Ill.
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