US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 831

Damage outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan where an attack was carried out by the Taliban on October 8, 2009. The imperialist states have occupied the country with over 100,000 US/NATO troops.
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October 31, 2009

US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 831

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:31 p.m. ET

As of Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at least 831 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Of those, the military reports 641 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 71 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.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:

-- No new deaths reported.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

-- Air Force civilian Frank R. Walker, 66, Oklahoma City; died Wednesday of non-combat related medical causes at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan; assigned to the 72nd Civil Engineering Directorate, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

-- Army Pfc. Brian R. Bates, Jr., 20, Gretna, La.; died Tuesday in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

-- The following seven soldiers died Monday of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter they were aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Montgomery, Lyons, McNabb, Hernandez Chavez and Mueller were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; Metzger and Bishop were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.:

-- Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael P. Montgomery, 36, Savannah, Ga.

-- Army Chief Warrant Officer Niall Lyons, 40, Spokane, Wash.

-- Army Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, 24, Terrell, Texas.

-- Army Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez, 23, Reno, Nev.

-- Army Sgt. Nikolas A. Mueller, 26, Little Chute, Wis.

-- Army Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, San Diego

-- Army Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, 28, Medford, N.Y.

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