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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 634



The Associated Press

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Of those, the military reports 468 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 67 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, three 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:

— Two soldiers were killed Sunday at Bagram Air Base, northeast of Kabul, from a rocket attack.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

— Navy Command Master Chief Jeffrey J. Garber, 43, Hemingford, Neb.; died Saturday of non-hostile causes aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the North Arabian Sea.

— The following two soldiers were killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device. They were Illinois Army National Guardsmen.

— Army Sgt. Paul G. Smith, 43, Peoria, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Squadron,106th Cavalry, Aurora, Ill.

— Army Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Melton, 26, Carlyle, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, Marion, Ill.

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On the Net:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/

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June 21, 2009 - 08:03 p.m. EDT

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