At least 957 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001

US military deaths in Afghan region at 957

As of Friday, April 16, 2010, at least 957 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 an Associated Press count.

The AP count is two more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

At least 745 military personnel have died in the Afghan region as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

Outside the Afghan region, the department reports at least 77 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, eight 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.

The Defense Department also counts two military civilian deaths.

The latest identifications reported by the military:

— Pfc. Jonathon D. Hall, 23, of Chattanooga, Tenn., died April 8 at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device at Contingency Outpost Khayr-Kot-Castle, Afghanistan; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

— Sgt. Roberto E. Diaz Borio, 47, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, died April 8 in Mombassa, Kenya; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Cayay, Puerto Rico.

— Cpl. Michael D. Jankiewicz, 23, of Ramsey, N.J., died April 9 in Zabul, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained in a crash of a CV-22 Osprey; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.

— Maj. Randell D. Voas, 43, of Lakeville, Minn., died April 9 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a crash of a CV-22 Osprey; assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

— Senior Master Sgt. James B. Lackey, 45, of Green Clove Springs, Fla., died April 9 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a crash of a CV-22 Osprey; assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

— Sgt. Sean M. Durkin, 24, of Aurora, Colo., died April 9 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device near Forward Operating Base Wilson, Afghanistan, on March 27; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo.

— Spc. Joseph T. Caron, 21, of Tacoma, Wash., died April 11 in Char Bagh, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

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