As of Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, at least 878 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 five more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
At least 675 military personnel died in the Afghan region as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
Outside the Afghan region, the department reports 73 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, five 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.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
— Two U.S. service members were killed Jan. 13 as a result of an improvised explosive device strike in eastern Afghanistan.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
—Sgt. 1st Class Jason O. B. Hickman, 35, of Kingsport, Tenn.; died Jan. 7 at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered earlier that day at Combat Outpost Bowri Tana, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire; assigned to Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
—Lance Cpl. Mark D. Juarez, 23, of San Antonio, Texas; died Saturday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
—Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Meinert, 20, of Fort Atkinson, Wis.; died Sunday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
—Three Marines died Monday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. They were assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. Killed were Staff Sgt. Matthew N. Ingham, 25, of Altoona, Pa.; Cpl. Jamie R. Lowe, 21, of Johnsonville, Ill.; Cpl. Nicholas K. Uzenski, 21, of Tomball, Texas.
—Spc. Kyle J. Wright, 22, of Romeoville, Ill.; died Wednesday at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered earlier that day when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
— Sgt. Lucas T. Beachnaw, 23, of Lowell, Mich.; died Wednesday in Darya Ya, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Italy.
— Sgt. Christopher R. Hrbek, 25, of Westwood, N.J.; died Thursday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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