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March 29, 2024

DOD: 364 Military Deaths in Afghan Area

As of Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, at least 364 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 the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 28, 2007.

Of those, the military reports 239 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 62 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey and Yemen.

There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

- No deaths reported.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

- Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas R. Carnes, 25, Dayton, Ky.; died Sunday in Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered from small arms fire in Lewanne Bazaar; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Regiment, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carrollton, Ky.

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On the Net:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/

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