Coalition casualties in Afghanistan
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
As of June 22, 2005, there have been 230 coalition deaths in Afghanistan and other theaters of war during Operation Enduring Freedom -- 195 American, 14 German, 7 Canadian, 4 British, 3 Danish, 3 Romanians, 2 French, 2 Italians, 1 Australian, and 1 Norwegian.
In addition to these deaths, 62 Spanish peacekeepers returning from Afghanistan were killed in 2003 when their plane crashed in Turkey.
Of those soldiers and peacekeepers killed, 94 died as a result of hostile action (80 of them American) and 136 died as a result of non-hostile incidents (113 of them American). Of the American casualties, 149 died in and around Afghanistan and 44 died in other countries, mostly in accidents.
The number of American wounded in action was 476 as of June 22, 2005.
Numbers are hard to come by for non-US casualties, since there is no central list put out by the ISAF.
External links
- CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oef.casualties/) - Operation Enduring Freedom Casualties
- Defense Department Casualty Page (http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf)
