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In addition to the Department of Defense, today we note deaths for the DEA.
10/27/09 AP:
DEA identifies 3 agents killed in Afghanistan
The Drug Enforcement Administration has identified the three agents killed Monday in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the agency's first fatalities in its counter-narcotics operations in that country. They were
Special Agent Forrest Leamon,
Special Agent Chad Michael and
Special Agent Michael Weston.
The men were assigned to the agency's fight against the opium trade in Afghanistan, which often funds insurgent activity.

10/27/09 DoD:
Army Casualty Identified
Pfc. Devin J. Michel, 19, of Stockton, Ill., died Oct. 24 in Zhari province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

10/27/09 DoD:
Army Casualty Identified
Sgt. Eduviges G. Wolf, 24, of Hawthorne, Calif., died Oct. 25 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade. She was assigned to the 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

10/27/09 DoD:
Marine Casualties Identified (4 of 4)
Capt. David S. Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, Ohio....assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton...died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

10/27/09 DoD:
Marine Casualties Identified (3 of 4)
Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska...assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton..died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

10/27/09 DoD:
Marine Casualties Identified (2 of 4)
Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, N.Y...assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton..died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

10/27/09 DoD:
Marine Casualties Identified (1 of 4)
Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of North Attleboro, Mass...assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton..died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

10/26/09 DoD:
Army Casualties Identified (2 of 2)
Pfc. Kimble A. Han, 30, of Lehi, Utah....assigned to the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo...died Oct. 23 in Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

10/26/09 DoD:
Army Casualties Identified (1 of 2)
Spc. Eric N. Lembke, 25, of Tampa, Fla...assigned to the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo...died Oct. 23 in Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device.



I put this, the first of my trackings of military fatalities in Afghanistan, on 28 June 2008.