In Memoriam

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24 June 2010

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

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

Circumstances surrounding this incident are under investigation.

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Canada

Pvt. Andrew Miller

From: Sudbury, Ontario
Age: 21
Unit: 2 Field Ambulance, assigned to Task Force Kandahar Health Services Unit
Died: June 26, 2010

One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their armored vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the Panjwaii district, about 12.4 miles (20 km) southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Canada

Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht

From: Chatham, Canada
Age: 34
Unit: 1 Canadian Field Hospital, assigned to Task Force Kandahar Health Services Unit
Died: June 26, 2010

One of two Canadian soldiers killed when their armored vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the Panjwaii district, about 12.4 miles (20 km) southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Poland

Cpl. Pawel Stypula

From: Kazuniu, poland
Age: 26
Unit: 2 Mazowieckiej Brygadzie Saperów (2nd Mazowiecka Sapper Brigade)
Died: June 26, 2010

Killed when the roadside bomb he was attempting to defuse detonated in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

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Norway

2nd Lt. Christian Lian, 31, Kristiansand, Norway.
Kystjegerkommandoen (Coastal Ranger Command)


1st Lt. Simen Tokle, 24, Ballangen, Norway.
Kystjegerkommandoen (Coastal Ranger Command)

Lt. Cmdr. Trond Bolle, 42, Vestby, Norway.
Marinejegerkommandoen (Naval Ranger Command)

Sgt. Andreas Eldjarn, 21, Tromsø, Norway
Kystjegerkommandoen (Coastal Ranger Command)

Four Norwegian naval commandos killed when their Iveco armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb while traveling to meeting with the civilian leaders of al-Mar, an Afghan village 18.6 miles (30 km) west of Meymaneh, in Faryab province, Afghanistan, on June 27, 2010

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Great Britain

Cpl. Jamie Kirkpatrick
From: Llanelli, Wales
Age: 32
Unit: 1 Troop, 21 Field Squadron, 101 Engineer Regiment, attached to the Joint Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group, Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force
Died: June 27, 2010

Shot and killed when his team came under small-arms fire while extracting from a compound to move back to Check Point Kingshill in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan

Fatalities By Country


Australia 16
Belgium 1
Canada 150
Czech 3
Denmark 33
Estonia 7
Finland 1
France 44
Germany 42
Hungary 2
Italy 24
Jordan 1
Latvia 3
Lithuania 1
NATO 4
Netherlands 24
Norway 9
Poland 19
Portugal 2
Romania 15
South Korea 1
Spain 28
Sweden 4
Turkey 2
UK 309
US 1143

Total 1888