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Listed below are names and events WM found in multiple global press releases and the US DoD. Golding, 24, of Addison, Maine - T-46 (anti-tank) mine explosion, Ghazni. October 25: 2 Two CIA contractors were killed in an ambush as they tracked terrorists operating near Shkin. Evacuated to the 39th Medical Squadron where he remained hospitalized until his death. Feliciano Gutierrez, 21, of Anasco, Puerto Rico - Killed in Orgun-E, Afghanistan. Suffered fatal injuries while trapped under his vehicle which veered off road. June 25: 1 - Killed in action Navy Interior Communications Electrician First Class Petty Officer Thomas E. Taylor, 31, of Wichita Falls, Texas - Heart attack in Kabul. April 25: 2 Airforce 1st Class Raymond Losano, 24, of Del Rio, Texas - Firefight with enemy forces in Shkin. Dennis, 19, of Oklahoma - Firefight with enemy forces in Shkin. Orlando Morales, 33 - Ambushed in southern Helmand Province, Geresk. Airforce Senior Airman Jason Plite, 21, of Lansing, Mich. John Teal, 29, of Dallas, Texas Feb 5: 1 CIA Helge Boes, 32, Virginia - Killed in Afghanistan January 30: 4 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during night training mission, 12 kilometers east of Bagram Air Base. OSteen, 43, Alabama 2002 December 20: 1 Army Paratrooper Sgt. October 19: 16 'Sixteen American soldiers were killed during a missile attack on an air base near the city of Host. It was decided to immediately transfer 500 soldiers from Kabul as reinforcements. MC-130H Air Force Special Operations aircraft crashed into mountains shortly after take off at night: Airforce Tech. June 11: 1 Killed, US Military Base Azzam Publications Unknown attackers fired a missile on the military base at Zhawar that struck an ammunition dump. The dump caught fire and spread, detonating other ordnance and causing a massive explosion. May 8: 11 US soldiers killed at US base Azzam Publications A series of rockets fired from a BM-12 multiple rocket launcher scored direct hits on buildings housing US troops at the airport base. Governor of Kandahar, ignited explosives he was wearing. Base at Khost Airport using remote controlled rockets, killing five American soldiers and injuring others, some critically. April 14: 1 US soldier killed, Regional Airport Azzam Publications Unknown assailants opened fire destroying an American military vehicle. April 11: 7 US soldiers killed, Gardez BBC Special Report Lead to 'safe' road to the village when they were ambushed by Mujahideen. April 11: 9 US soldiers killed, Gardez, Suicide bombing mission at US check point Islam News April 10: 1 US Solder Killed, Jalabad, Landmine Offensive Azzam Publications Landmine attack aimed at killing the Afghan interim government Defence Minister, General Faheem at Qalashi roundabout. EST while conducting small unit training at a remote site near Kandahar. March 22: 8 US killed, Kandahar, Tank exploded by anti-tank landmine near Kandahar Airport Azzam Publications March 13: 5 US killed, Logar, Mujahideen attacked a vehicle carrying American soldiers Azzam Publications March 12: 6 US soldiers killed Azzam Publications A motorcycle troop of Mujahideen ambushed a US convoy in Tehsil Sarbi. Soldiers Killed, Kandahar Azzam Publications Mujahideen attacked an ammunition dump where fire broke out. March 9: 40 US soldiers killed - C-130 aircraft shot down, Gardez Daily Islam March 7: 1 killed, Shah-i-Kot BBC PO Roberts, 32, fell from a MH-47 Chinook helicopter that had been hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Four US Apache AH-64D attack helicopters shot down during Operation Anaconda, ground attacks by Mujahideen. March 5: 1 killed, Balochistan, Afghanistan border Azzam Publications A US Navy F-14 'Tomcat' fighter jet shot down over the Balochistan-Afghanistan border by hostile fire. Of the two pilots, one was killed whilst the other managed to eject. March 5: 3 US soldiers killed - Unknown assailants attacked Kandahar Airport Azzam Publications March 4: 7 killed in ambush at Takur Ghar - Shah-e-Kot Mountains in eastern Afghanistan. Two Operation Anaconda transport helicopters shot down near Gardaz, then engaged in intense combat: Army Spc. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate-Handling Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Afghanistan, Gardez, Shah-e-Kot NBC March 3: 2 killed - Forces traveling in a three-vehicle convoy, hit a mine, Kandahar Air Base Azzam Publications March 2: 2 Army Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Feb 17: 8 US soldiers killed Azzam Publications MC-130P transport plane that crashed in the remote mountain region north of Kandahar, after fired on by Mujahideen Feb 16: 1 Australian soldier SAS Regiment Sergeant Andrew Russell - Land Rover struck an anti-tank mine. Feb 13: 1 killed - Bagram Air Base, 40 miles north of Kabul Army Spc. Army Black Hawk transport helicopter crashed near Bagram Air Base killing all four soldier on board, the "Los Angeles Times" reported on 31 January. CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter made a crash landing in a remote region 60 kilometers south of Bagram: Marine Staff Sgt. Marines killed, North of Bagram Airbase, crashed into a hilltop near Shamsi airport, Kharan. KC-130/R Hercules transport plane shot down by Mujahideen using ZSU-23 Anti-Aircraft cannons: Command Pilot: Capt. January 4: 1 killed while on patrol near Khost by a 14-year-old boy. B-52 aircraft bomber missed its target, during the advance from Tarin Kot to Kandahar: Army Master Sergeant Jefferson Donald Davis, 39, Watauga,Tennesse. Army Sergeant First Class Daniel Henry Petithory, 32, Cheshire, Massachusetts. Army Staff Sergeant Brian Cody Prosser, 28, Frazier Park, California. December 4: 1 Navy Electricians Mate Fireman Apprentice Michael J. Giovanny Maria, 19, from New York - a Queens kid who was a fresh member of the Armys 10th Mountain Division, had been in Uzbekistan a mere 10 days in November 2001, preparing to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan, when he died from a shot in the temple with his own rifle. Marines Killed, Mazar Sharif Frontier Post Eyewitness accounts on the ground in Afghanistan as well as at a Pakistani base. November 25: 1 Killed during the Qala-e-Nau prison uprising and subsequent massacre at Mazar-e-Sharif. CIA paramilitary Johnny "Mike" Spann, 32, Winfield, Ala. Navy Engineman 1st Class Vincent Parker, 38, Preston, Miss. Special Forces have been killed so far, mostly in fighting around Kandahar. The mission of the US commandos was to capture the base of "terrorist number one" Osama Bin Laden located in the vicinity of Kandahar. The Americans managed to seize the base after a combat with the Taliban troops, but they found neither bin Laden, nor any of the al-Qaeda commanders there. On their way back, the helicopters came under heavy Taliban fire, which left 45 men killed. In addition, the Taliban Air defence hit a B-52 bomber, which was flying low altitude during the operation. Later on, the bomber crashed on the Pakistani territory not far from the Dalbandin base, the newspaper reports. November 7: 1 Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Bryant L. Davis, 20, of Chicago, Illinois - Fell overboard into Arabian Sea from the USS Kitty Hawk. Evander Earl Andrews, 36, of Solon, Maine, killed in a heavy-equipment accident in the northern Arabian peninsula. The first death in the Bush military campaign attack on Afghanistan.
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