Journalist, Michelle Lang

Michelle Lang

Canadian journalist, Michelle Lang, 34, was killed by an improvised explosive devise (IED) in Afghanistan on 30th December 2009, while covering the war for the Canwest News Service. 

Four Canadian soldiers also died in the blast.

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Jordanian officer killed

The Jordanian Army announced 30th December 2009 that one of its ranking officers was killed earlier in the day in Afghanistan. 

'Captain Ali bin Zeid was martyred this evening as he performed his humanitarian duty along with other Jordanian troops operating in Afghanistan,' the official Petra news agency quoted an army spokesman as saying. 

The statement gave no details as to the circumstances of bin Zeid's death, but said that he held the title of 'Sherif,' an indication that he was close to the ruling family. He is the first Jordanian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan. 

Polish soldier, Michał Kołek

On 19th December 2009, Private 2nd Class Michał Kołek serving as part of the Quick Reaction Forces,  died in an insurgent attack on a Polish patrol around 1 pm local time (9.30 CET).

The incident occurred about 3,5 km away from the Four Courners base when the patrol was attacked by Taliban insurgents with machine gun fire and RPG grenade launchers. Immediately, Close Air Support and Quick Reaction Forces were directed to the site. After several minutes, a joint American-Afghani patrol provided support to Polish troops. In the exchange of fire PSC Michał Kołek was hit and died.

Two “Rosomak” vehicles were destroyed and six insurgents were killed in the battle.

Aged 22, Private 2nd Class Michał Kołek was a  bachelor. In Poland, he served with the Polish-Ukrainian Battalion in Przemysl. It was his first mission abroad.

He was buried on 24th December on a Christmas Eve, in his hometown Stalowa Wola. 

Latvia military fatalities

LATVIA

Full list of military fatalities since 2002

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
11-Aug-09	Ozolins, Edgars	Private 1st	23	Latvian Army	Bomb
05-Aug-09	Baltābols, Dāvis	Corporal	30	Latvian Army	Gunfight
01-May-09	Merkusevs, Andrejs	Private 1st	29	Latvian Army	RPG attack
01-May-09	Ansevics, Voldemars	Sergeant	38	Latvian Army	RPG attack

Turkish military fatalities since 2002

List of Turkish military fatalities in Afghanistan since 2002

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
16-Mar-12	Çolak, Mithat	Major			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Bağdatlı, Şükür	Major			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Dogan, Serkan	Major			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Cem, Ismail	Major			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Erdogan, Adil	Captain			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Aydin, Ilker	Captain			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Yildiz, Murat	1 Lt			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Barutçu, Tahsin	1 Lt			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Melikoğlu, Okan	1 Lt			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Helvacı, Salih	Sgt. Mjr.			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Akbas, Mehmet	Sgt. Mjr.			Air crash
16-Mar-12	Vurucu, Onay	Sergeant			Air crash
14-Jul-09	Sungur, Faruk	Colonel	51	Turkish Army	Accident
14-Jul-09	Mevlüt, Baydur	Sergeant	39	Turkish Army	Accident

IED blast kills Danish Hussar

Pvt. Kenneth Nielsen

Danish soldier, Kenneth Patrick Nielsen, a 23 year old Private with the Danish Hussar Guard regiment, was killed 25th November 2009 by an improvised explosive device (IED) while patrolling with his unit in Helmand province.

Danish soldier dies from severe injuries

Pvt. Rune Nielsen

Danish soldier, Private Rune Westy Zacharias Nielsen of The Royal Danish Guard Hussar Regiment died 17th November 2009 after being severely wounded by an explosive device on October 31.He was 22 years old.

He belonged to 2 Recce Platoon, 2 Light Recce Squadron, part of the The Royal Danish Guard Hussar Regiment, based on the island of Bornholm.

Conducting a foot patrol near Patrol Base Barakzai on October 31, he was heavily wounded by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). His comrades immediately initiated first aid and he was quickly evacuated to the field hospital in Camp Bastion.
 

He was later airlifted to a hospital in Copenhagen, where he died from his injuries.

Danish sergeant dies in combat

Sergeant Michael Ebert becomes the 26th soldier to die in combat while serving in Afghanistan. A Danish soldier has been shot and killed while on foot patrol in Southern Afghanistan.

Sergeant Michael Ebert, 23, was flown to a field hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival on Friday.

Danish Army Operational Command -- Head of the Danish battlegroup, the ISAF team 8, Col. Karsten Eiholm Kjaer writes:

Sergeant Michael Ebert untimely death fills us all in the Danish Battlegroup with great sadness. His nearest lost a girlfriend, a son and a good comrade. We in the battle group has lost an exemplary officer, a good colleague and a good and loyal friend, as Sergeant Michael Ebert, 23 October died of injuries he suffered during a shoot fight in the bazaar area north of Gereshk.

Sergeant Michael Ebert was flying for the 2nd group in the 3rd Mechanized Infanterikompagnis 2nd division deployed with his unit during a patrol in the green zone.
He always led his group with great authority and confident belief in his own professionalism, since the device fell into an ambush.

The other units in the division engaged the enemy immediately while sick helpers gave first aid to Michael Ebert. Unfortunately the injuries after the shoot so severe that he later died from them, despite a laudable efforts of his comrades.

Michael Ebert was in the Company known as a deeply professional, purposeful and serious officer who was well liked and highly respected for his efforts here in Afghanistan, both his soldiers, colleagues as superiors.

Fighting Group and especially 3rd Infantry companies are burdened by Michal Ebert died, but our thoughts and deepest sympathy goes primarily to Michael's closest relatives and friends.

Yesterday the sun went down after a sad day. Today, the sun got up again, and we continue to solve the tasks. We do this because we still believe that we are making a difference.

We do not let Michael's sacrifice be in vain.

Been honored Sergeant Michael Ebert memorial.

Italian Paratrooper, Cpl. Rosario Ponsiano

Cpl. Rosario Ponsiano

15th October 2009. Italian paratrooper, Corporal Rosario Ponsiano, was killed in an accident when a Lynx armoured personnel carrier crashed into a ravine at night on the road between Herat and Shindad.

Cpl. Ponsiano, aged 25, suffered serious injuries in the accident and died shortly after.

He served with the 4th Alpine Parachute Regiment (Matterhorn). He had been with the regiment since 2003 and had arrived in Afghanistan in August 2009.

Two other Italian soldiers were injured in the accident.

Polish soldier, Szymon Graczyk

Szymon Graczyk

Corporal Szymon Graczyk was killed along with his colleague, Corporal Radoslaw Szyszkiewicz when their MRAP vehicle hit a road mine (IED) while they were travelling in a convoy along Higway 1 in the Wardak province, Afghanistan, on 9th October 2009. 

Four other soldiers who were wounded in the incident were rushed by helicopter to a base in Ghazni province for medical treatment. 

The funeral ceremony took place on 14th October in his home-town Szczecin.

Both killed soldiers served in 5th Engineering Regiment in Szczecin.

Polish soldier, Radoslaw Szyszkiewicz

Radoslaw Szyszkiewicz

“A soldier does not die, a soldier goes away to stand on an eternal sentry”, said Polish Chief of GS Gen. Franciszek Gągor during th funeral ceremony of Corporal Radosław Szyszkiewicz on 15th October in Iwanowice, Wielkopolska province. 

Cpl Radoslaw Szyszkiewicz and Cpl Szymon Graczyk both died, 9th October 2009, when their MRAP vehicle ran into an IED road mine while they were travelling in a convoy along Higway 1 in the Wardak province, Afghanistan. 

Four other soldiers who were wounded in the incident were airlifted by helicopter to a base in Ghazni province for medical treatment. 

The funeral ceremony of Cpl Szymon Graczyk took place, the day earlier, on 14th October in his home-town Szczecin.

Both soldiers served in 5th Engineering Regiment in Szczecin.

Spanish soldier killed by road mine

Cristo Ancor Cabello Santana

A Spanish soldier has died in Afghanistan after his army vehicle drove over a mine near Syah Washan, on the outskirts of Herat, at around 9.30 local time on 7th October. The Defence Ministry names him as Corporal Cristo Ancor Cabello Santana from the Soria 9th Infantry Regiment.

He was on patrol with a convoy of the Fuerteventura Task Force to dismantle illegal checkpoints in the Pashtun Zarghun district, to the east of Herat, when the explosion happened, and it’s understood that five other soldiers who were in the vehicle with him were also hurt by the blast.

German Army Corporal Patric Sauer

German Army Corporal Patric Sauer, age 24, serving with the German 263 Parachute Regiment, died on 4th October 2009 in Mainz from injuries received from a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan on 6th August.

Cpl. Sauer had been evacuated to a military field hospital in Afghanistan, then later air evacuated to Germany where he died.

Danish soldier killed in gun battle

23-year-old soldier Steffen Bloch Larsen, serving with the Danish Royal Lifeguards, Saturday was shot and killed in Afghanistan, was married last summer, telling his comrades from the 3rd division in a tribute.

Our friend Steffen was a very positive, empathetic and helpful person who always 
drew the care of others before themselves. A person who always gave more than what he 
demanded of others. A very cheerful person with his happy, humorous and 
always smiling creature affected all around him.

How to tell fellow soldiers from the 3rd Division on Steffen Bloch Larsen, who was killed Saturday during a foot patrol Saturday in Helmand province.

The defense announced Sunday the name of the 23-year-old soldier, along with tribute from Steffen Bloch Larsen s fellow soldiers from his company commander and from Col. Karsten Kjaer Eiholm

- It was a great pleasure for me because after the summer he asked me a map 
interview, where he proudly told me that he had married his girlfriend. It 
was fantastic to hear and see his pride in this regard. It was 
clearly understand how his love was, says his company commander in the memory word that sends his thoughts to Steffen Bloch Larsen's surviving spouse.

Italian paratrooper, Lt. Antonio Fortunato

Lt. Antonio Fortunato

Italian paratrooper, Lieutenant Antonio Fortunato, aged 29, was one of six Italian soldiers killed 17th September 2009, when a suicide car bomb blew up a convoy of Italian military vehicles in central Kabul.

The blast was so huge that nearby buildings shook.

Lt. Fortunato served with the Italian 186th Parachute Regiment.

The soldier was posthumously promoted to the rank of Captain.

Italian Paratrooper, Sgt. Roberto Valente

Sgt. Roberto Valente

Italian paratrooper, Sergeant Roberto Valente, aged 31, was one of six Italian soldiers killed 17th September 2009, when a suicide car bomb blew up a convoy of Italian military vehicles in central Kabul.

The blast was so huge that nearby buildings shook.

Sgt. Valente served with the Italian 187th Parachute Regiment.

The soldier was posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.

Italian Paratrooper, Cpl. Matteo Mureddu

Cpl. Matteo Mureddu

Italian paratrooper, Corporal Matteo Mureddu, aged 26, was one of six Italian soldiers killed 17th September 2009, when a suicide car bomb blew up a convoy of Italian military vehicles in central Kabul.

The blast was so huge that nearby buildings shook.

Cpl. Mureddu served with the Italian 186th Parachute Regiment.

The soldier was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

Italian Paratrooper, Cpl. Giandomenico Pistonami

Cpl. Giandomenico Pistonami

Italian paratrooper, Corporal Giandomenico Pistonami, aged 26, was one of six Italian soldiers killed 17th September 2009, when a suicide car bomb blew up a convoy of Italian military vehicles in central Kabul.

The blast was so huge that nearby buildings shook.

Cpl. Pistonami served with the Italian 186th Parachute Regiment.

The soldier was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

Italian paratrooper, Cpl. Massimiliano Randino

Massimiliano Randino

Italian paratrooper, Corporal Massimiliano Randino, aged 32, was one of six Italian soldiers killed 17th September 2009, when a suicide car bomb blew up a convoy of Italian military vehicles in central Kabul.

The blast was so huge that nearby buildings shook.

Cpl. Randino served with the Italian 183rd Parachute Regiment.

The soldier was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant. 

Italian Paratrooper, Cpl. Davide Ricchiuto

Cpl. Davide Ricchiuto

Italian paratrooper, Corporal Davide Ricchiuto, aged 26, was one of six Italian soldiers killed 17th September 2009, when a suicide car bomb blew up a convoy of Italian military vehicles in central Kabul.

The blast was so huge that nearby buildings shook.

Cpl. Ricchiuto served with the Italian 186th Parachute Regiment.

The soldier was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

Six Italian soldiers killed in Kabul suicide bomb attack

A suicide car bomb blew up a convoy of Italian military vehicles from the NATO-led force in the Afghan capital Kabul on 17th September 2009. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghan civlians were killed in the huge blast.

The explosion struck just after midday on a road to Kabul airport, about 1.5 kilometres from the gates of the United States embassy. It destroyed one vehicle used by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF).

The explosion was so big that buildings in the immediate area shook from the blast. In addition to the dead, another four Italian soldiers were wounded in the attack. The Taliban were quick to claim responsibility.

Defense Minister of Italy, Ignazio La Russa said. “It was a cowardly attack on those who have saved many lives.”

The six soldiers killed, all serving with the Italian Parachute Regiment, were:

1. Antonio Fortunato - Lieutenant

2. Roberto Valente - Sergeant

3. Matteo Mureddu - Corporal

4. Giandomenico Pistonami - Corporal

5. Massimiliano Randino - Corporal

6. Davide Ricchiuto - Corporal

Italian paratrooper, Cpl. Alessandro Di Lisio

Cpl. Alessandro Di Lisio

Italian paratrooper, Corporal Alessandro Di Lisio, aged 25, was killed 14th September 2009 by a bomb blast from a land mine placed beside a road about 50 miles northeast of Farah.

A patrol of armoured vehicles was targeted by Taliban insurgents, who detonated the bomb as the vehicle which Cpl. Di Lisio was travelling in, passed by.

He died in a military Field Hospital in Farah.

Cpl. Di Lisio served with the Italian 187th Parachute Regiment.

Polish soldier, Piotr Marciniak, killed in gun battle with Taliban

Pfc. Piotr Marciniak

Polish Private 1st Class, Piotr Marciniak, was killed 11th September 2009 in a fierce gun battle between coalition troops and Taliban militants.

He served with the Polish 6th Airborne Cavalry Brigade. His unit had been sent to support a joint US-Afghan force who were fighting the Taliban, in Ghazni province.

Pfc Marciniak, aged 30, was killed by gunfire.

Journalist Sultan Munadi killed

Afghan journalist, Sultan Munadi has been killed during an operation by British Commandos to rescue hum and British journalist, Stephen Farrell. Both men had been kidnapped and were being held hostage when the rescue mission happened.

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Polish Private 1st Class, Artur Pyc

Artur Pyc

Private 1st Class, Artur Pyc, with the Polish 18th Air Assault Brigade died 9th September 2009 in a military hospital at Lublin, where he had been since May.

Pfc Pyc was seriously injured in eastern Ghazni province a when a roadside bomb exploded under the mine-resistant armored vehicle he was driving.

Reporter, Sultan Munadi

Sultan Munadi

Early morning on 9th September 2009, journalist Sultan Munadi died in a predawn raid by British commandos trying to rescue him and Stephen Farrell, a correspondent for The Times, from Taliban captivity. 

The two men had been kidnapped in northern Afghanistan the previous Saturday while reporting on a NATO bombing that killed scores of people, possibly including many civilians.

Mr. Munadi was killed as he tried to lead Mr. Farrell to safety. 

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Dutch soldier killed by IED

Sgt-Major Mark Leijsen

Mark Leijsen

Sergeant-Major, 101 Engineer Battalion (101 Geniebataljon)

He was deployed with the approximately 1,770 troops from the Netherlands serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Sgt-Maj Leijsen, aged 44, was killed 7 September 2009 by an improvised explosive device near outpost Tabar in Uruzgan province. Three other soldiers and an Afghan translator were wounded when their vehicle struck the roadside bomb about 9 kilometres northwest of the main Dutch base, Camp Holland.

Dutch soldier killed in gunbattle

Kevin van de Rijdt

A Dutch soldier has been killed in a gunbattle in the southern Afghanistan province Uruzgan on Sunday, the defence ministry said.

Kevin van de Rijdt, a 26-year-old corporal, died on 6th September 2009 of gunshot wounds during a skirmish with fighters near Deh Rawood.

Van de Rijdt is the 20th Dutch soldier to be killed in Afghanistan since the Netherlands began its deployment in Uruzgan province in August 2006.

Two French soldiers killed by bomb attack

Sergeant Thomas Rousselle

Nicolas Sarkozy was Friday morning in Winnow in the Morbihan, for the homage ceremony of two French soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Sergeant Thomas Rousselle, and Corporal Johann Naguin, both of them members of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Navy Marines were killed by a bomb during a patrol to the northeast of Kabul, September 4th, 2009.

The honor Legion was awared to them posthumously during this homage. The two soldiers were equally promoted to a superior rank.

Corporal Johann Naguin

Polish soldier, Marcin Poreba

Sgt Marcin Poręba

Sergeant Marcin Poręba was killed by a home-made IED that went off under an armoured troop carrier as a military convoy was travelling  about two kilometres from the Polish base of Giro on 4th September 2009. 

Five other soldiers were wounded during the explosion. They were immediately treated and taken to a Field Hospital.

Sgt. Marcin Poręba was posthumously awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Military Cross, the Star of Afghanistan and the Star of Iraq.

It was his second mission abroad. He served in 5 Engineering Regiment in Szczecin. He leaves a wife and a son.

Sgt. Poręba was buried in his home town of Szczecyn.

Two Estonian soldiers killed

Two Estonian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on 23rd August while carrying out their duties.

The soldiers were Sgt. Maj. Eerik Salmus (26) and Sgt. Raivis Kang (26), pioneers of the Estonian Estcoy-8 infantry company.

Eerik Salmus. Sgt-Major

Raivis Kang. Sergeant

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Belgium - list of military fatalities

This is the list of all Belgian military fatalities since 2001.

Date	Name	Age	Rank	Unit	Cause
13-Aug-09	Alexandre Carraro	31	CAM	Belgian Army	Non-hostile: illness, meningitis

Polish officer, Captain Daniel Ambroziński

Capt. Daniel Ambroziński

The body of Captain Daniel Ambroziński, declared missing in action (MIA) during a shootout 10th August 2009, was found the following day after an intensive all-night search by Polish and Afghani forces. 

Captain Ambroziński died of a gunshot wound during the operation code-named “Over the Top” in the Ajiristan district of Ghazni province. A joint Polish and Afghani foot patrol was attacked by a group of Taliban. During an intensive exchange of fire Captain Ambrozinski was killed and four others were injured. 

Aged 32, he served in the Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT). At home he served in the 1st Air Cavalry Battalion in Leznica Wielka. 

He left a wife and a daughter.

Latvian Army Corporal, Dāvis Baltābols

Cpl. Dāvis Baltābols

Corporal Dāvis Baltābols, aged 30, was severely wounded during a battle with Taliban insurgents on 25th July 2009. He was evacuated by helicopter to a German Field Hospital in Afghanistan. He was then flown to a German Armed Forces Hospital in Koblenz, Germany.

He died there on 5th August 2009.

Corporal Baltābols had served with the Latvian Land Forces 1st Kajnieku Battalion. He was posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Viesturs.

French Marine killed by bomb

Anthony Bodin

Corporal Anthony Bodin, 22, from the French 3rd Marine Infantry, was killed 1st August 2009 north-east of Kabul in an ambush by Afghan rebels.

Australian soldier killed by IED

Australian Private Benjamin Ranaudo was killed by an anti-personnel explosive device in Afghanistan on 18 July, 2009.

Private Ranaudo was a member of the Townsville-based 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment. He was a member of the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan and was killed while on operations north of Tarin Kot.

Private Benjamin Ranaudo

He enlisted into the Australian Regular Army on the 19th of May 2006. After completing his Recruit Training he was allocated to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and commenced his Initial Employment Training at Singleton, New South Wales. 

At the completion of his Initial Employment Training in Nov 2006, Private Ranaudo was posted to the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. During his service with 1 RAR, Private Ranaudo deployed to East Timor as part of Operation Astute, and to Afghanistan as part of Operation Slipper. 

After returning from East Timor in October 2007, Private Ranaudo completed the 1 RAR Basic Reconnaissance course and was posted to Reconnaissance Platoon in May 2008. As part of lead up training for Afghanistan in late 2008, Private Ranaudo completed a Combat First Aider course and a Protected Mobility Vehicle Drivers course. He deployed as a Rifleman with 2 Platoon, Combat Team A for Operation Slipper. 

For his service in East Timor and Afghanistan, Private Ranaudo was awarded the Australian Active Service Medal with International Coalition Against Terrorism clasp, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Australian Service Medal with Timor-Leste clasp, Australian Defence Medal, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - International Security Assistance Force Medal, the East Timor Solidarity Medal, the Infantry Combat Badge and the Return from Active Service Badge.

Turkish Army Sergeant, Mevlut Baydur

Mevlut Baydur

Turkish Army Sergeant, Mevlut Baydur, aged 39, was one of two Turkish military personnel killed 14th July 2009, in a road traffic accident.

The two men, part of the Turkish Army delegation in Afghanistan, were there to provide security during local elections in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Exact details of the accident are unclear, but it has been classed as "suspicious".

Turkish Army Colonel, Faruk Sungur

Col. Faruk Sungur

Turkish Army Colonel, Faruk Sungur, aged 51, was one of two Turkish military personnel killed 14th July 2009, in a road traffic accident.

The two men, part of the Turkish Army delegation in Afghanistan, were there to provide security during local elections in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Exact details of the accident are unclear, but it has been classed as "suspicious". 

Two other soldiers in the same vehicle were injured in the accident.

German Army Corporal Oleg Meiling

German Army Corporal Oleg Meiling, age 21, was one of three soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by Taliban forces on 23rd June 2009 in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Cpl. Meiling, serving with 391 Mechanised Infantry, died from gunshot wounds.

German paratrooper, Corporal Alex Schleiernick

German Army Corporal Alex Schleiernick, age 23, was one of three soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by Taliban forces on 23rd June 2009 in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Cpl. Schleiernick, serving with 263 Parachute Regiment, died from gunshot wounds.

German Army Corporal Martin Brunn

German Army Corporal Martin Brunn, age 23, was one of three soldiers killed when their unit was attacked by Taliban forces on 23rd June 2009 in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Cpl. Brunn, serving with a Panzer Grenadier battalion, died from gunshot wounds.

Danish Hussar guard dies from IED blast

The Acting Head of the Danish Battle Group, Lieutenant Colonel Jens Ole Rossen-Jørgensen, writes: 



Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Andreas Søgaard Brohus was a dedicated and experienced scout. Dedicated and professionally performed his tasks, he was confronted. He was good to adapt to any situation and always took it calmly. Andreas was very hard to stress, regardless of the events or tasks that may arise or be resolved.

He was a quiet and honest man who was easy to talk to about everything and nothing - a good friend and a great companion. He was in the section known to talk to himself when he should be sure to remember something specific.

On the home front gave Andreas the small challenges in the house and getting together with Linda and dog Charlie. Andreas married his beloved Linda, shortly before departing for Afghanistan, and together they went on honeymoon to Bali during Andreas' leave.

Andreas was called as a conscript to the Jutland Dragoon Regiment, 1 February 2005. Here Andreas reported after 4 months of service to the Army Response Training as konstabelelev.

Andreas was appointed konstabel 1 February 2006 and was then released with Team 7 running / signal man Scouting squadron in Iraq. In practice, Andreas all-possible-husband and also contested positions gunner and observer of others' absences.

After deployment to Iraq was transferred to Andreas Gardehusarregimentet where he contested the different functions in 1 Armored Infantry Battalion, in January 2008 he joined the team in February 2009 was to facilitate investigations under Section Staff and Logistics Company at Team 7 in Helmand, Afghanistan .

Andreas was 26 years. He leaves parents, brother and sister and his beloved wife Linda.

Hussar from Denmark dies in IED explosion

Mads Rasmussen, Danish Hussar Regt.

The Acting Head of the Danish Battle Group, Lieutenant Colonel Jens Ole Rossen-Jørgensen, writes: 



Wednesday 17 June was a very sad day for the Danish battalion in Helmand since the course of the morning was incontrovertibly clear to us that we had suffered our first loss to Team 7 Three talented soldiers, friends and colleagues were with a torn from us and their loved ones in the most relentless and brutal fashion after being hit by a vejsidebombe.

We sit back down here, thoughtful and deeply concerned at having lost three of our comrades and all our thoughts go in this tragedy home to our fallen comrades' families and friends whose loss is irreplaceable, and whose sorrow we feel and share.

Mads Lerche Rasmussen was outgoing and frank, and could charm through to everyone he spoke with. He was also temperamental, but as fast as he was up in the red box, just as quickly he was back in his usual sociable and charming style. He was incredibly vellidt among his friends and colleagues and highly respected for his skills as a soldier, especially as jet shuttle.

Over all the earth Mads loved his car, which he spent much time and money on, so it could be just as he wanted it. Mads was pronounced B-man, big fan of Manchester and forgudede his sister, whose picture he had hanging beside his bed.

Mads resigned as konstabelelev by Gardehusarregimentet and began by Stab company in 1 Armored Infantry Battalion, 1 November 2006. He was appointed konstabel 1 August 2007 and then transferred to 1 Mechanized infantry company in the same battalion. From June to August 2008 was Mads released for the first time when he came in and filled a hole in the Fenris-company on hold 5 in Afghanistan.

1 October 2008 tilgik Mads scout section of the company and staff were deployed in February 2009 with Team 7 to Helmand in Afghanistan in the light detecting section under Staff and Logistics Company.

Mads was 21 years. He leaves his parents and sister.