In Memoriam

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England

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Private Lewis Hendry, from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, and Private Conrad Lewis, from 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 9 February 2011.

Ministry of Defence statement

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Finland

1st Lt. Jukka Tapio Kansonen

From: Kotka, Finland
Age: 36
Unit: Kotkan Rannikkopataljoona (Kotka Coastal Command Battalion)
Died: February 15, 2011

Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his armored vehicle while his unit was traveling to firearms training nine miles (14.5 kilometers) southeast of Aybak in Samangan province, Afghanistan.

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New Zealand

A soldier from New Zealand was killed in a road crash while on patrol in Afghanistan, Defence Force officials said Wednesday.

He is the second trooper to die while on assignment with the country's forces there.

Private Kirifi Mila was killed and three others were injured when their Humvee ran off the road and rolled down a steep, 100-foot (30 metre) cliff while on patrol in the northeastern Bamiyan province.

Mila was standing in the vehicle's turret when the accident occurred, joint forces commander Peter Stockwell said.

The Ferosok area where the crash happened was "very dangerous," he said, and the Defence Force was "100 per cent confident" it was not caused by an insurgent attack.

Prime Minister John Key expressed his condolences to the Mila family.

"To have one of our own die in a road crash is heartbreaking news," he said.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard expressed her country's condolences when she addressed the New Zealand Parliament on Wednesday morning — the first foreign leader accorded the privilege.

Last August, Lt. Tim O'Donnell, 28, became New Zealand's first combat death since the country sent troops to Afghanistan in 2003. O'Donnell was killed in an insurgent ambush while on patrol in Bamiyan province.

In addition to O'Donnell and Mila, four soldiers from New Zealand have died in Afghanistan while serving in other countries' forces.

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One child a day . . . . .


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...fghan-war.html

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England

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lance Corporal Kyle Cleet Marshall, from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 14 February 2011.

Ministry of Defence statement . . . .

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England

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Private Robert Wood and Private Dean Hutchinson, both of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC), who were killed in a fire at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on Monday 14 February 2011.

Ministry of Defence statement . . . . .

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15 February 2011

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn.

Spc. Lashawn D. Evans, 24, of Columbia, S.C., died Feb. 15 in Baghdad province, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division,Fort Riley, Kan.