Netherlands Military Fatalities in Afghanistan

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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

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.

Dutch soldier, Luc Jenzen, killed in IED blast

Corporal Luc Janzen

22nd May 2010: Corporal (1st Class) Luc (Luke) Janzen serving with the Dutch 42nd Armoured Infantry was killed in Afghanistan today by an improvised explosive device (IED). Two others were killed in the blast including French Captain, Christophe Barek-Deligny and an Afghan interpreter. Four Dutch soldiers were wounded in the same attack.

Two Dutch Marines killed

Two Dutch Marines were killed by insurgents in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan, on 17th April 2010, the Netherlands Defence Ministry has announced. Another Marine was severely wounded in the deadly attack.

The two Marines who died are Corporal Jeroen Houweling (29yo) and Marine Marc Harders (23yo). Both were with the Dutch 1st Marine Corps.  

Corporal Jeroen Houweling (left) and Marine Marc Harders

The latest deaths bring Dutch military casualties in the Afghan conflict to 23 dead. The Netherlands has a force in Afghanistan of about 2,000 troops, who are due to be withdrawn by the end of 2010.

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.

Dutch soldier killed in rocket attack

Azdin Chadli

A Dutch soldier was killed and five injured in a rocket attack on the Dutch army base of Kamp Holland in Afghanistan 5th April 2009.

Azdin Chadli (20) had only been in Uruzgan for a week. He is the 19th Dutch soldier to have been killed in Afghanistan since the Netherlands joined the international forces there.

The five injured soldiers, all aged between 19 and 24, are said to be in a stable condition.

According to the defence ministry, four rockets were fired at the camp, probably by Taliban forces. One rocket hit the camp centre, one hit a nearby Afghan army base, slightly injuring two, and the others missed their targets.

Dutch soldier killed by roadside bomb

Sergeant Mark Weijdt

A DUTCH soldier serving in Afghanistan was killed on 19th December 2008 by a roadside bomb during a fire-fight with the Taliban.

The country's armed forces chief, General Peter van Uhm, said Sergeant Mark Weijdt, 24, died after stepping on the explosive device in the Baluchi Valley, north-east of the joint Dutch-Australia base at Tarin Kowt in the southern province of Oruzgan. Another soldier was slightly wounded.

Dutch Pfc. Jos ten Brinke

A Dutch soldier serving with NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan was killed on 7th September 2008 by a roadside bomb, the Dutch Defense Ministry announced.

The 21-year-old soldier, Jos ten Brinke, was killed about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) north of the town of Tarin Kowt, the ministry said in a statement.

Five others soldiers were wounded in the attack, one of them seriously, the ministry said.