Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Total number of U.S. military deaths and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon:

623	In hostile actions:	In non-hostile actions:
Fatalities	408	215
Tallies may be incomplete because of lags in reporting

Cpl. Jason A. Karella, 20, of Anchorage; 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Died Oct. 9 in Farah province of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident.

Spec. Jonnie L. Stiles, 38, of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; 927th Engineer Company (Sapper), 769th Engineer Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard, based in Baton Rouge. Killed Nov. 13 in Jalalabad.

All troops were killed in action in Afghanistan unless otherwise indicated.

Total fatalities include one civilian employee of the Defense Department. They also include service members killed in other locations involved in Operation Enduring Freedom, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Pakistan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; Uzbekistan; and Yemen.

A full list of casualties is available online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation.

SOURCE: Defense Department's http://www.defenselink.mil/news The Washington Post