Italian Alpine soldier, Corporal Matteo Miotto

Italian Corporal Matteo Miotto, aged 24, was killed on 31st December 2010.

The soldier, with the Italian Army 7th Alpine Regiment of Belluno, was shot by a sniper and died from the wound later the same day.

The incident happened in Gulistan.

Estonia military fatalities

This is full list of Estonian military fatalities in Afghanistan: 2002-2010

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Region
15-Oct-11	Hutrof, Agris	Corporal	25	Estonian Army	Helmand
30-Aug-10	Sikka, Herdis	Sergeant	20	Not reported	Helmand
15-Dec-09	Jalakas, Kristjan	Sergeant	19	Not reported	Helmand
23-Aug-09	Salmus, Eerik	Sgt. 1st.	26	Not reported	Nad e-Ali
23-Aug-09	Kang, Raivis	Sergeant	26	Not reported	Nad e-Ali
15-Jun-09	Tikko, Allain	Warrant Officer	30	8 Infantry Regiment	Pimon
24-May-08	Brok, Ivar	Sergeant Major	30	NSE-5	Not reported
23-Jun-07	Kalle, Torn	Sergeant	24	Estonian Infantry	Helmand
23-Jun-07	Karuks, Jako	Junior Sergeant	33	Estonian Infantry	Helmand

British soldier Charles Wood killed by IED

WO2 Charles Wood

Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Charles Henry Wood from 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC (Royal Logistic Corps), serving with the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force, was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 28 December 2010.

WO2 Charles 'Charlie' Wood deployed on Operation HERRICK 13 on 6th November 2010 as an Advanced Search Advisor. Trained to coordinate all aspects of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection, he was assigned to lead the clearance of a route through the Khushdal Kalay area of the Helmand River Valley to increase the freedom of movement and safety of the local population. 

In the early afternoon of 28 December 2010, with the task nearing completion, Warrant Officer Class 2 Wood was caught in the blast from an IED and killed.

British fatalities - list updated

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Australian fatalities - list updated

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British Para, Corporal Steven Dunn

Cpl. Steven Dunn

Corporal Steven Thomas Dunn from 216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron, attached to 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Battle Group, was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 21 December 2010.

Corporal Dunn deployed to Afghanistan on 19 September 2010 as part of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) Battle Group. He was based at Patrol Base 2 in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.

On 21 December 2010 he was working with 2 PARA Patrols Platoon on a deliberate operation to interdict insurgents in the Bowri desert. He was travelling in a Jackal vehicle which hit an improvised explosive device at 1722 hours local time.

French Commando, Jonathan Lefort

French Commando, Jonathan Lefort , age 28, was killed on December 17, 2010, in Bedraou Valley, Kapisa, Afghanistan.

This was his third tour in Afghanistan.  Jonathan Lefort was born in 1982 in Pompey (Meurthe-et-Moselle), France. 

For his merits in combat, he received the Cross of Military Valour with Bronze Star and the Cross of the fighter. He became a paratrooper instructor. He was also awarded the Medal of National Defence, the Medal with Overseas clasp Republic of Ivory Coast, Medal of Recognition of the nation and the French Commemorative Medal with Clasp Afghanistan.

French Foreign Legionaire, Sergeant Benoit Dupin

French Sergeant Benoit Dupin, age 34, was killed on December 17, 2010, during a clash in Afghanistan. 

Sgt. Benoit Dupin

He was an officer in 2nd Foreign Regiment of Engineers (REG). Starting in 1997, he attended the National School of sub-active officers (ENSO) in Saint-Maixent. Appointed sergeant, he was assigned to the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment (RIMA) after passing the School of Infantry and took part in several overseas operations as group leader. In 2002, he was admitted to the Combined Military Academy (EMIA). He was promoted to captain on 1 August 2008 and took command of the 3rd company of mechanized combat in June 2010, before leaving for Afghanistan last month.

Captain Benoit Dupin was posted to many overseas operations during his career (Bosnia, Kosovo, Djibouti, Chad). 

He was married with a young child.

Hauptgefreiter Oliver Oertel

GERMANY
Name:	Oliver Oertel
Age:	21
Rank:	Hauptgefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:	232 Mountain Infantry
Location:	Afghanistan
Date:	17 December 2010
Cause:	Firearms accident by comrade

British Para, Private John Howard

Pvt. John Howard

Private John Howard, from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 5 December 2010.

Private Howard was serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade's Reconnaissance Force on a patrol ten kilometres south west of the provincial capital of Helmand province, Lashkar Gah, when he was fatally wounded during an action conducted against insurgents operating in that area.

Civilian contract aircrew fatalities in Afghanistan

The following is an estimate of civilian contract air crew fatalities in Afghanistan since 2004.

12 October 2010: a L-100 Hercules aircraft contracted from TransAfrik crashed in a mountain crevice near Kabul on a flight from Bagram killing 6 Filipino, 1 Indian and 1 Kenyan crew. Click here for details.

23 November 2009: A Mi-8 helicopter under contract from Air Freight Aviation (UAE) to NATO forces crashed in eastern Logar province.Three Ukrainian crew members were killed in the crash. 

19 July 2009: A Mi-8 helicopter under contract from Vertikal-T (Russia) to NATO forces crashed at Kandahar air base, killing 16 passengers and crew on board.

14 July 2009: A Mi-26 helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, killing the six Ukrainian crew members. The aircraft belonged to Pectox-Air (Moldova).

3 December 2006: A Mi-26 helicopter under contract from Vertikal-T (Russia) to US security firm  Dyncorp, crashed in Afghanistan, killing eight Russian crew.

27 July 2006: A chartered Mi-8 helicopter with 16 passengers and crew crashed en route from Khost to Kabul, killing all on board including two Dutch ISAF soldiers.

24 April 2006: An An-26 leased by the US State Department and carrying US DEA agents crashed on landing at Bost airport in Lashkar Gah, killing the two Ukrainian pilots.

11 November 2005: A Georgian registered IL-76 operated by Pakistan's Royal Airlines carrying food for coalition troops crashed near Khak-e-Shahidan village, about 30 kilometres northwest of Kabul, killing all 8 crew members (5 Russians, 2 Ukrainians and 1 Pakistani).

27 November 2004: A US Registered CASA 212 contracted by the US Department of Defense to supply American forces deployed in remote areas of Afghanistan crashed into a mountain between Bagram and Farah. Six crew members were killed.

22 February 2004: a AB-212 helicopter crashed after coming under fire 65 kilometres south-west of Kandahar city. Pilot Mark Burdorf was killed.

British PMC, Mark Fitzpatrick

British private military contractor, Mark Fitzpatrick, aged 34, was killed on 20th November 2010 by an explosion while he was disposing of ammunition in Parwan province.

He had been working for DynCorp International, an American company, clearing mines and other explosive devices left over from previous wars.

Netherlands Military Fatalities in Afghanistan

NETHERLANDS

Dutch military personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2002

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
2010
16-Nov	Dur, AHM (Fons)	Doctor	56	Not reported yet	Illness
22-May	Janzen, Luc	Corporal 1st	25	42 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
17-Apr	Houweling, Jeroen	Corporal	29	1st Marine Corps	Hostile fire
17-Apr	Harders, Marc	Marine	23	1st Marine Corps	Hostile fire
2009
07-Sep	Leijsen, Mark	Sergeant Mjr	44	101 Engineer Battalion	IED attack
06-Sep	van de Rijdt, Kevin	Corporal	26	Commander Corps	Hostile fire
05-Apr	Chadli, Azdin	PFC	20	42 Armoured Infantry	RPG attack
2008
19-Dec	Weijdt, Mark	Sergeant	24	12 Airmobile Infantry	IED attack
07-Sep	ten Brinke, Jos	Private 1st	21	41 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
18-Apr	Schouwink, Mark	PFC	22	45 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
18-Apr	van Uhm, Dennis	Lieutenant	23	45 Armoured Infantry	IED attack
12-Jan	Poortema, Aldert	Corporal	22	44 Armoured Infantry	Friendly fire
12-Jan	Schol, Wesley	Private 1st	20	44 Armoured Infantry	Friendly fire
2007
03-Nov	Groen, Ronald	Corporal 1st	21	43 Mechanised Reconn.	IED attack
20-Sep	Hoogland, Tim	Private 1st	20	13 Infantry Airmobile	Hostile fire
26-Aug	Rosier, Martijn	Sergeant 1st	30	111 Mech. Engineers	IED attack
10-Jul	Krist, Tom	Lieutenant	24	42 Infantry Battalion	Suicide bomb
18-Jun	Leunissen, Jos	Sergeant Mjr	44	11 Airmobile Brigade	Hostile fire
15-Jun	Smeehuijzen, Timo	Private 1st	20	42nd Battalion	Hostile fire
20-Apr	Strik, Cor	Corporal	21	11 Airmobile Brigade	Land mine
06-Apr	Donkers, Robert	Sergeant 1st	33	Not reported yet	Accident
2006
11-Oct	Dijkstra	Sergeant		Not reported yet	Suicide
31-Aug	Donkervoort, Michael	Captain	29	313-Squadron	Plane crash
26-Jul	van Twist, Jan	Lt Colonel	47	Legal Adviser	Plane crash
26-Jul	van Boxtel, Bart	Sergeant	29	11th Airmobile Infantry	Plane crash

British Guardsman, Christopher Davies, killed in gun battle

Christopher Davies

Guardsman Christopher Davies, from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, serving with Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North), was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 17 November 2010.

Guardsman Davies was killed while taking part in a security patrol in Nahr-e Saraj (North), Helmand province. As he was conducting a partnered operation with the Afghan National Army to the east of Patrol Base Hazrat, Guardsman Davies was hit by small arms fire.

Guardsman Davies, aged 22, was born and raised in St Helens, Merseyside. On completion of recruit training, he joined the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in Aldershot in January 2009.

Dutch surgeon dies in Afghanistan

On 16th November 2010, Doctor AHM (Fons) Dur died of a suspected heart attack. Dur, a surgeon, was in Afghanistan as part of a surgical team that worked in the Role 2 hospital in Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan.  

Since 1994, he had worked at the Red Cross Hospital (RKZ) in the Kennemerland region of Holland.

Danish soldier, Jørgen Randrup killed by bomb

Danish soldier, Jørgen Randrup, age 27, of the Royal Guard, was killed by a roadside bomb in the area east of Gereshk in Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010.

Jorgen Randrup

Jørgen Randrup joined the Danish Army in 2003 and had previously been deployed to Kosovo in 2005 and Afghanistan in 2007.

He is survived by his mother, father, sister and girlfriend.

British ranger, Aaron McCormick killed by IED

Aaron McCormick

Ranger Aaron McCormick, from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali (South), was killed in Helmand, southern Afghanistan, on Sunday 14 November 2010.

Ranger McCormick had been helping to clear an area of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a security patrol in Nad 'Ali when he was killed in an explosion.

British airman, Scott Hughes

Scott Hughes

Senior Aircraftman Scott 'Scotty' Hughes, serving with Number 1 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, died in Cyprus on Sunday 7 November 2010 following injuries sustained in an accident.

Senior Aircraftman (SAC) Hughes was returning from operations in Afghanistan and died from injuries suffered in a boating accident that took place on Friday 5 November as his unit was undertaking decompression activities. He was due to return home to the UK the following day. 

While swimming in the sea he was struck by a power boat operated by the Military Training Wing, British Forces Cyprus. An investigation into the accident is taking place.

British sapper, William Blanchard killed by gunfire

William Blanchard

Sapper William Blanchard from 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), serving with the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force, was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 30 October 2010.

Sapper Blanchard was killed as a result of a gunshot wound suffered whilst he was dealing with a suspect explosive device in the Nahr-e Saraj (North) area of Helmand province.

Sapper Blanchard deployed to Afghanistan on 17 September 2010 as part of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force. Trained to assist in the preparation and operation of explosive ordnance disposal equipment and the recognition and management of conventional munitions, he was part of an improvised explosive device destroy team operating in Helmand province.

On 30 October 2010 his team was in the process of destroying a device when they were engaged by small arms fire. During the engagement Sapper Blanchard was struck by a bullet and died from the injuries he sustained.

Sweden - full list of military fatalities since 2002

SWEDEN

This is the full list of Swedish military fatalities since 2002

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
16-Oct-10	Wallin, Kenneth	Sergeant	22	Not reported	IED attack
07-Feb-10	Andersson, Gunnar	Lieutenant	31	Life Guards	Hostile fire
07-Feb-10	Palmlöv, Johan	Captain	28	Life Guards	Hostile fire
09-Dec-05	Bergqvist, Tomas	Not reported	30	Särskilda skyddsgruppen	Hostile fire
26-Nov-05	Lindblom, Jesper	Not reported	28	Särskilda skyddsgruppen	IED attack

Romanian military fatalities - full list

ROMANIA

This is the full list of Romanian military fatalities since 2002

Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
2012
09-May	Leuştean, Ion Lucian	2nd Lt.	25	2nd Manouver Btn	IED attack
2011
10-May	Marinescu, Catalin Ionel	2nd Lt.	28	26th Infantry	IED attack
05-May	Lixandru, Constantin	2nd Lt.	30	26th Infantry	IED attack
2010
01-Oct	Filip, Cristian-Petru	Private	26	Batalionul 812 Manevra	IED attack
01-Oct	Sfeches, Marius Florin	Sgt Major	25	Batalionul 812 Manevra	IED attack
23-Jun	Caracuda, Paul	Corporal	36	33rd Mountain Battalion	IED attack
23-Jun	Ciobotaru, Dan	Sgt Major	28	33rd Mountain Battalion	IED attack
12-May	Sandu Leu, Valerica	Sgt Major	31	33rd Mountain Battalion	IED attack
23-Feb	Badiceanu, Florin	Sgt Major	31	33rd Mountain Battalion	IED attack
2009
07-Apr	Unguras, Iuliu-Vasile	Captain	32	21st Mountain Battalion	IED attack
03-Apr	Petre, Tiberius	Captain	33	1st Task Force Battalion	Hostile fire
26-Feb	Chira, Claudiu	Lieutenant	30	21st Mountain Battalion	IED attack
2008
31-Aug	Alexandrescu, Dragos Traian	Sgt Major	32	30th Mountain Battalion	IED attack
12-Jun	Covrig, Marius Claudius		29	Not reported yet	Grenade
20-Mar	Sandu, Ionut Cosmin	Lieutenant	29	300th Infantry Battalion	IED attack
2007
06-Sep	Marcu, Aurel	Sgt Major	31	33rd Mountain Battalion	Hostile fire
2006
20-Jun	Dragusanu, Gheorghita Ionel	Lieutenant	38	341st Infantry Battalion	IED attack
2005
24-Apr	Sonei, Narcis	Sergeant	26	300th Infantry Battalion	Land mine
2003
14-Nov	Samuila, Mihail Anton	Lieutenant	35	151st Infantry Battalion	Hostile fire
11-Nov	Fogorasi, Iosif-Silviu	Lieutenant	33	151st Infantry Battalion	Hostile fire