At least 425 US military deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan
As of Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at least 425 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 Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Of those, the military reports 292 were killed by hostile action.
Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 64 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:
-- Air Force Senior Airman Jonathan A.V. Yelner, 24, Lafayette, Calif.; died Tuesday near Bagram, Afghanistan, when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device; assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.
-- Army Sgt. 1st Class David L. McDowell, 30, Ramona, Calif.; died Tuesday in Bastion, Afghanistan, of wounds from small-arms fire; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.
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(This version CORRECTS Yelner's date of death -- Tuesday not Wednesday -- and McDowell's branch of service -- Army not Air Force.))
