At least 1,063 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001

US military deaths in Afghan region at 1,063

As of Friday, July 2, 2010, at least 1,063 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 six more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

At least 841 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 78 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 the 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 deaths reported by the military:

—An American soldier died Friday in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan.

The latest identifications reported by the military:

—Cpl. Larry D. Harris Jr., 24, of Thornton, Colo.; died Thursday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

—Spc. Matthew R. Hennigan, 20, of Las Vegas; died Wednesday at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered earlier in Tangi Valley, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with machine gun fire; assigned to 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Bamberg, Germany.

—Staff Sgt. Eric B. Shaw, 31, of Exeter, Maine, and Sgt. David W. Thomas, 40, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; died June 27 in Kunar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with small arms fire; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

—Sgt. John M. Rogers, 26, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; died June 27 at Forward Operating Base Blessing, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a noncombat-related incident; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

—Sgt. David A. Holmes, 34, of Tennille, Ga.; died June 26 at Sayed Abad, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device; assigned to the 810th Engineer Company, Swainsboro, Ga.

—Sgt. Joseph D. Caskey, 24, of Pittsburgh; died June 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

—Lance Cpl. William T. Richards, 20, of Trenton, Ga.; died June 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

—Spc. Blair D. Thompson, 19, of Rome, N.Y., and Spc. Jared C. Plunk, 27, of Stillwater, Okla., died June 25 at Kunar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked their unit using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

—Cpl. Daane A. Deboer, 24, of Ludington, Mich.; died June 25 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

—Staff Sgt. Edwardo Loredo, 34, of Houston; died June 24 at Jelewar, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

—Pfc. Robert K. L. Repkie, 20, of Knoxville, Tenn.; died June 24 at Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained from a noncombat-related incident; assigned to the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

—Staff Sgt. Brandon M. Silk, 25, of Orono, Maine; died June 21 of injuries sustained when the helicopter in which he was traveling made a hard landing; assigned to the 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

The latest updates reported by the military:

Pfc. Russell E. Madden, 29, of Dayton, Ky., died June 23 in Charkh district, Logar province, Afghanistan, and not Kunar province, as previously reported by the Defense Department.

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