U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan
By The Associated Press , 06.07.2006, 07:17 PM

As of June 7, 2006, at least 238 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

Of those, the military reports 147 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 56 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two are 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 was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths.
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