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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 476

By The Associated Press AP - Thursday, July 17

As of Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Of those, the military reports 335 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 65 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two 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:

_ No deaths reported.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

_ Nine Army soldiers were killed Sunday by small-arms fire and explosives in Wanat, Afghanistan. All were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.

Killed were 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom, 24, Hawaii; Sgt. Israel Garcia, 24, Long Beach, Calif.; Cpl. Jonathan R. Ayers, 24, Snellville, Ga.; Cpl. Jason M. Bogar, 25, Seattle; Cpl. Jason D. Hovater, 24, Clinton, Tenn.; Cpl. Matthew B. Phillips, 27, Jasper, Ga.; Cpl. Pruitt A. Rainey, 22, Haw River, N.C.; Cpl. Gunnar W. Zwilling, 20, Florissant, Mo.; and Pfc. Sergio S. Abad, 21, Morganfield, Ky.

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