US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 519
The Associated PressAs of Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at least 519 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 370 were killed by hostile action.
Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 65 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; 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 deaths reported.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
_ Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Wayne Marcum, 34, Flushing, Mich.; died Friday from injuries sustained in combat in Afghanistan on Thursday; Marcum was temporarily forward deployed from his assignment at Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Dam Neck, Va.
_ Navy Chief Petty Officer (select) Jason Richard Friewald, 30, Armada, Mich.; died Friday from injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan Thursday; Friewald was temporarily forward deployed from his assignment at Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Dam Neck, Va.
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