Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:10 AM - At 5 AM PST, the British Ministry of Defense had formally announced that two British troops were killed in action in northern Helmand Province on August 1st ... and that a third was "missing, presumed dead". Since then, Reuters has reported British officials confirming that the third soldier has indeed been killed. Here's the Brit MOD's most recent statement that formally confirms 3 deaths.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:32 AM - The British Ministry of Defense has now released the identities of the three British troops who were killed in northern Helmand Province in Afghanistan on August 1st:
	Captain Alex Eida, 29, from Surrey, England 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Johnson, 24, who lived in Windsor, England Lance Corporal Ross Nicholls, 27, who lived in central London, England

Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:46 AM - The Canadian Department of National Defense is announcing the death of one of their soldiers today, August 3rd, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan: Corporal Christopher Jonathan Reid. He was the victim of an early morning roadside bomb attack about 25 km southwest of Kandahar City.

Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:35 AM - The Toronto Sun now confirms that 3 more Canadians have died today in Afghanistan.

Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:53 AM - The Washington Post is reporting that three NATO soldiers were killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the outskirts of Kandahar in Afghanistan on August 3rd.  The Toronto Sun is identifying the dead as Canadian. These three deaths are in addition to the Canadian death earlier on the 3rd.

Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:35 PM - The Canadian Department of National Defense is now confirming the deaths of the three additional Canadian soldiers today, August 3rd, although they are not releasing the names as of yet.

Friday, August 04, 2006 7:56 AM -
	(1) The Associated Press is reporting the death of a Florida Army National Guardsman of injuries he received in Afghanistan. Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Suplee, 39, of Lakeland, Florida, died early Thursday, August 3rd, at the James Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa from injuries he received in a vehicle accident in Afghanistan on April 1st.   (2) The website for the Canadian Army is reporting that Corporal Christopher Reid, who died in Afghanistan on August 3rd, was from Truro, Nova Scotia. (3) 940 News from Montreal is reporting the names of the other three Canadian soldiers who died in Afghanistan on August 3rd:
		Sergeant Vaughn Ingram Corporal Bryce James Keller Private Kevin Dallaire

Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:42 AM -

(1) The DoD has now confirmed the death of Staff Sergeant Daniel A. Suplee, 39, on August 3rd in a Florida hospital from injuries he received in a vehicle accident in Kabul, Afghanistan, last April. His unit and hometown as given by the DoD differ from that given out by the news media to date. Some follow up research may be required.   (2) The Associated Press has an article on Cpl. Chris Reid, the Canadian soldier who died in Afghanistan on August 3rd, giving his age as 34.   (3) icBerkshire.uk.com has an article out now on 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Johnson, the British soldier who died in Afghanistan on August 1st. He was apparently originally from South Africa and had only just moved to Britain a year ago, settling in Windsor near London.

Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:25 AM - The Canadian Press is reporting the death of another Canadian soldier in Afghanistan ... this one killed today, August 5th, in a vehicle accident about 35 km southeast of Kandahar.

Sunday, August 06, 2006 5:40 AM -
	(1) Several articles have now appeared in the Canadian media concerning the three Canadian deaths that occurred later in the day on August 3rd, including these from the National Post, The Globe and Mail, and CTV.ca. In a separate incident earlier on the same day, another soldier from the same unit, the Edmonton-based Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry was killed, Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid.
		Christopher Jonathan Reid was from Truro, Nova Scotia. His death left his parents, Angela and Tom, childless, for their only other child, a daughter, had died of illness a few years ago. Bryce Keller, age still unknown, was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. He is survived by his wife, Sarah, his parents and two brothers. Kevin Dallaire, 22, was born in Calgary, but raised on a military base at Cold Lake, Alberta. Vaughn Ingram, 35, was from the small town of Burgeo in Newfoundland and was the father of two daughters. He had seen duty in many parts of the world in his career ... and had already been wounded once on this latest tour in Afghanistan, losing part of an ear and suffering shrapnel wounds.
	(2) The Canadian Department of National Defense has identified the Canadian soldier who died on August 5th in a vehicle accident in Afghanistan: Master Corporal Raymond Arndt. According to this article in the National Post, Cpl. Arndt was a reservist with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment based in Edmonton. He and 3 other reservists were running medical supplies to the Canadian Forward Operating Base at Spin Boldak on the border with Pakistan when the accident occurred.

Sunday, August 06, 2006 8:54 AM - The BBC is reporting the death of a British soldier today, August 6th, from hostile fire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The official British Ministry of Defense statement quoted in the article has not been posted on their website as of this moment.

Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:09 AM - The British MOD has now posted the formal announcement on their website of the death of a British soldier on August 6th in Afghanistan.

Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:02 PM - The British Ministry of Defense has released the name of the British soldier killed on August 6th in Helmand Province, Afghanistan: Private Andrew Barrie Cutts.

Monday, August 07, 2006 10:57 AM - The Canadian Press/Globe & Mail had an article out this morning on Canadian Reservist Master Corporal Raymond Arndt who was killed on August 5th in Afghanistan in a vehicle accident. He was 32 years old and grew up in Edson, Alberta.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:50 AM -
	(1) The Canadian Department of National Defense is announcing the death of yet another Canadian soldier in Afghanistan ... this one from a weapons accident of some kind not far from Kandahar city on August 9th: Master Corporal Jeffrey Scott Walsh.
	(2) More information is also being reported on the latest British death in Afghanistan: Private Andrew Barrie Cutts. He was 19 years old and grew up in Blidworth near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.

Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:18 AM -

(1) The British Ministry of Defense is announcing the death of a British soldier from the Royal Logisitics Corps in a road accident at Camp Souter in Kabul on August 9th.   (2) The Globe & Mail has an article out now on yesterday's Canadian death near Kandahar, Master Corporal Jeffrey Scott Walsh. The soldier was 33 years old, and leaves behind a wife and three children, ages six, two, and three months.

Thursday, August 10, 2006 5:37 AM -
	The Canadian Press is reporting that Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh was from Regina, Saskatchewan. It would appear that he was shot by a fellow Canadian soldier whose firearm accidentally discharged.
		From Toronto's 680 All News Radio, by Erin Henderson: "Former [Canadian] solider Scott Taylor is now the editor of the military magazine Esprit de Corps and says the military doesn't believe in accidents....Taylor says there's an automatic $2,000-fine for accidently discharging a weapon."

Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:09 AM - The British Ministry of Defense has now announced the identity of the soldier who died in the vehicle accident in Kabul on August 9th: Private Leigh Reeves, 25, of Leicester, England.

Friday, August 11, 2006 9:16 AM - Both AP and AFP are reporting the death of an ISAF soldier in Afghanistan today, August 11th. It occurred when a suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy near Spin Boldak in the south of Kandahar Province. So far, the victim's nationality has not been revealed. Once it is, we'll add this death to the database. 

Friday, August 11, 2006 4:50PM - The Canadian Department of National Defense is now confirming that today's (August 11) death from a suicide car bombing near Spin Boldak in Kandahar Province was a Canadian soldier. The deceased's name is not being released yet at the request of family.

Saturday, August 12, 2006 5:48 AM - Last night, CENTCOM released word that three "coalition soldiers" had been killed in the northeastern province of Nurestan in Afghanistan. The deaths happened on August 11th during a battle with "extremists" there. The New York Times is reporting that all three were Americans.

Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:08 AM - CTV in Canada is reporting the name of the Canadian soldier who was killed in a suicide car bombing near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on August 11th: Corporal Andrew Eykelenboom of the 1st Field Ambulance Unit out of Edmonton, Alberta.

Saturday, August 12, 2006 9:12 AM - The BBC is reporting that a British soldier has died at a military base in Helmand Province from an accident while servicing a vehicle. The article did not give an exact date of death, so we are assuming it happened today until more information is forthcoming.

Saturday, August 12, 2006 12:14 PM - The British Ministry of Defense is confirming that a British soldier died today, August 12th, at a military base in northern Helmand Province. The death was not hostile.

Saturday, August 12, 2006 3:23 PM -

(1) The Associated Press is reporting the death in Afghanistan of a soldier based out of Fort Drum, New York: 19 year old Private 1st Class Andrew Small of Wiscasset, Maine. Although a specific date of death is not given, he is likely one of the three Americans who died in Nurestan Province on August 11th, as the soldiers serving in that area are from Fort Drum.   (2) The Canadian Minister of National Defense has published a statement of condolence regarding the death of Canadian Corporal Andrew James Eykelenboom on August 11th in Afghanistan.

Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:11 AM - The British Ministry of Defense has released the identity of the British soldier who died in a vehicle maintenance accident in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on August 12th: Lance Corporal Sean Tansey, 26, from Newcastle, England.

	Monday, August 14, 2006 8:46 AM - The DoD has released the identities of the three U.S. soldiers who were killed in Nurestan Province, Afghanistan, on August 11th:
		Specialist Rogelio R. Garza Jr., 26, of Corpus Christi, Texas Private 1st Class Andrew R. Small, 19, of Wiscasset, Maine Private 1st Class James P. White Jr., 19, of Huber Heights, Ohio

Monday, August 14, 2006 9:08 AM - Stories are beginning to appear in the media about the three U.S. soldiers killed on August 11. WMTW of Maine posted this story about Andrew Small, with comments of his high school principal and his mom. And WCSH in Portland, ME has a nice story with quotes from Andrew's aunt and uncle, mom and pastor.

Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:53 AM - CENTCOM is reporting a 500th death in our "Forgotten War." A U.S. soldier was killed in Southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, August 16, when the vehicle he was traveling in struck a Soviet era mine. "Reports indicate recent rains in the area exposed the old mine, and enemy action was not the cause. The vehicle struck the mine south of Bermel in Paktika Province while on a routine patrol in the area."

Friday, August 18, 2006 4:37 AM - CENTCOM's headquarter's in Kabul, the Combined Forces Command, has issued the following statement: "A Coalition Soldier was killed Aug. 17 during a battle with extremists just west of Asadabad in Kunar Province. In addition, one wounded Coalition Soldier was evacuated to a nearby Coalition treatment facility, where he remains in stable condition. Reports indicate the fight started when extremists attacked a Coalition patrol approximately seven kilometers east of the Coalition forward operating base ..." Because of the location of the attack, we are currently assuming that the dead soldier was an American.

Friday, August 18, 2006 6:32 PM - CENTCOM has confirmed the death of the Coalition Soldier on Aug. 17 during a battle with extremists just west of Asadabad in Kunar Province.

Saturday, August 19, 2006 9:13 AM -
	(1) The Washington Post is reporting the deaths of three U.S. led "coalition soldiers" due to hostile action in the Pech District of Kunar Province on August 19th. As coalition forces in Kunar are almost all American, these deaths are likely American.
	(2) Also, Reuters is reporting a fourth death in Afghanistan on the 19th: a NATO soldier of as yet unknown nationality who was killed in hostile action in Oruzgan Province.

Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:11 AM - Sky News and also the Washington Post are now reporting that all four of the soldiers killed in Afghaniston on August 19th were Americans.

Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:22 AM - Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, CENTCOM's headquarters in Kabul, has now confirmed the deaths of 3 American soldiers on the 19th. Their notice states in part: "While conducting combat operations in Kunar Province on Aug. 19, three Coalition service members were killed and three were wounded while battling Taliban extremists. In the Pech District of Kunar Province, a Coalition combat patrol struck an improvised explosive device and engaged a group of Taliban extremists. Enemy forces were attacked with small arms and artillery fire ... There was heavy fighting during the operation, but enemy casualties have yet to be reported."

Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:33 AM - The Associated Press is reporting that the U.S. serviceman killed on August 19th in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, was a member of Air Force Special Operations: Senior Airman Adam Servais, 23, of Onalaska, Wisconsin.

Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:59 AM - The DoD is formally confirming the death of Senior Airman Adam P. Servais on August 19th in Afghanistan.

Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:35 AM - The British Ministry of Defense has released a statement that confirms the death of a British soldier in northern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on August 20th. The statement is quite vague as to details, however. We can only assume for now that "a contact" refers to "enemy contact" and that the death was likely hostile.

Monday, August 21, 2006 10:27 AM - The British Ministry of Defense has identified the soldier who died in a firefight on August 20th in the northern part of Helmand Province, Afghanistan: Corporal Bryan James Budd, 29, of Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. Monday, August 21, 2006 4:07 PM - The Guardian published an interesting story about Budd and his wife Lorena, "Army names father-to-be killed in Taliban firefight" by Audrey Gillan.  Budd had been in the army for 10 years, and had served in Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Guardian.

Monday, August 21, 2006 4:39 PM - The DoD has released the identity of the soldier who died at Tur Kalay west of Asadabad in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on August 17th of enemy small arms fire: Private Joseph R. Blake, 34, of Portland, Oregon.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 6:48 AM - First Coast News is reporting the death of a young servicewoman in Afghanistan: Wakkuna Jackson, 21, of Jacksonville, Florida. She was one of three soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division who died on August 19th in Kunar Province when their vehicle was hit with an IED and small arms fire. Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:25 AM - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel is reporting the death of a U.S. Army medic in Afghanistan: Chris Sitton, 21, of Montrose, Colorado. He was one of the three soldiers who were killed in Kunar Province on August 19th.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 4:15 PM -  The DoD has now released the names of the three soldiers who were killed in an IED explosion in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on August 19th:
	Sergeant Wakkuna A. Jackson, 21, of Jacksonville, Florida Specialist Christopher F. Sitton, 21, of Montrose, Colorado Specialist Robert E. Drawl Jr., 21, of Alexandria, Virginia

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:11 AM -  The Canadian MOD is confirming and the Canadian press is also extensively covering the death of a Canadian soldier on August 22nd in the fiery inferno that resulted from a suicide car bombing just outside a Canadian base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The dead man has been identified as Corporal David Braun, based out of Shilo, Manitoba.

Thursday, August 24, 2006 6:47 AM - The Canadian Press has an article out this morning with a few more details on the suicide bombing that killed Canadian Army Corporal David Braun on Tuesday, August 22nd, in Kandahar. Braun was 27 and originally from Raymore, Saskatchewan.

Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:11 PM -  The DoD has now released the identity of the soldier who died in a mine explosion in Paktika Province on August 16th: Corporal Jeremiah S. Cole, 26, of Hiawatha, Kansas.

Friday, August 25, 2006 7:59 PM - TurkishPress.com is reporting the deaths of two French special forces troops in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, August 25th.

Saturday, August 26, 2006 6:06 AM -
	(1) CFC - Afghanistan, CENTCOM's headquarters in that country, has issued confirmation on the deaths of the two Frenchmen (even though the dead are not identified as French per se). Fortunately, they do provide location details. The attack occurred just east of Kabul in Laghman Province. Links to CENTCOM often do not work. For that reason, we are posting their confirmation here:
		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 26, 2006 Release # 060826-02   Two Coalition Soldiers killed in IED attack, ambush BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Two Coalition Soldiers were killed and another two were wounded during an IED strike and ambush today in Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan. Coalition forces were engaged with small arms and machine gun fire from a group of enemy extremists following an IED attack while conducting a combat patrol approximately 38 kilometers southeast of Methar Lam. The two wounded soldiers are in stable condition at the Coalition hospital in Bagram. Names and nationalities of the Coalition casualties are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.
	(2) England's Knaresborough Today has an article on the recent British death in Afghanistan: Corporal Bryan James Budd who died on August 20th. According to it, Budd was actually originally from Scunthorpe in Humberside, England. His wife was also a corporal in the British army ... and is expecting their second child next month.

Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:33 AM - The British Ministry of Defense is reporting the death of one of their troops in an attack on their base at Musa Qaleh in northern Helmand Province on Sunday, August 27th.

Monday, August 28, 2006 11:55 AM -  The British Ministry of Defense has identified the British soldier who died in an attack on his camp at Musa Qala in Helmand Province on August 27th: Lance Corporal Jonathan Peter Hetherington, 22, from South Wales.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:31 AM -  Slowly but surely, information on the two French deaths from August 25th is coming to the fore.

So far, we know from a French Ministry of Defense release that one of the dead was Frédéric Paré, 34, originally from Marseille, but currently residing in Larmor Plage in Bretagne Department in the east of France. He was a male nurse who was assigned to the French Navy's Fusiliers Marins Commandos group (COFUSCO - Naval Rifle Commandos), which operates under the French military's Commandment des Operations Speciales (COS - Special Operations Command). He was based at Lorient, France, which is very close to Larmor Plage. This leads us to believe that he was with the Trepel Commandos which are based there. [Loïc Le Page, who was killed in Afghanistan on March 6, 2006, was also with the Trepel Commandos out of Lorient.] Roughly summarizing the French MOD release in English, Paré was born on July 27, 1972, in Marseilles. He was single. He will be accorded a full military funeral on August 30th, followed by a civil ceremony at the church of Saint Victor in Marseilles, after which he will be buried in the family vault in Marseilles. He joined the French Navy in 1995. Following basic training, he chose to specialize in nursing, obtaining his training through the military medical school at Toulon. He had been working with the Naval Rifle Commandos since September of 2004. He served a 2 month mission in Afghanistan in 2005, then volunteered for a return mission at the beginning of August 2006. During this second mission, he worked alongside a French Air Force commando unit. During a violent engagement with some 40 Taliban fighters, he was mortally wounded by an IED explosion which destroyed his vehicle. Paré has been promoted posthumously from premier maître to maître principal. These ranks are translated in many different ways by different sources. But NATO (by written agreement) classifies a premier maître as an OR-8, comparable to a U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer ... and a maître principal as an OR-9, comparable to a U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer. Little is known yet about the other French death on that day except that the deceased was a caporal chef (senior airman/sergeant) with the French Air Forces's Commando Parachutiste De l'Air 10 unit (Commando Parachute Group No. 10), which is also assigned to the French Special Forces Command (COS). This information came from a French special forces website. His first name is not yet known ... and his last name has been seen in various sources spelled either Planel or Planelles. His unit is based at the French Air Force Base #123 in Orléans, France.

Thursday, August 31, 2006 5:45 AM - The full name of the second Frenchman who died in Afghanistan on August 25th has finally appeared in a French Ministry of Defense release: Sébastien Planelles. No other information has been provided aside from his rank and unit.

Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:44 PM - The BBC is reporting that a Dutch F-16 fighter plane has crashed in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, on August 31st, killing its lone 29-year-old pilot. The feeling at this time is that the crash was an accident. The Netherlands Defense Ministry has confirmed the death of the pilot in a press release. He was based out of Volkel Air Base in the southern Netherlands province of Noord-Brabant. His name and hometown have not yet been released, although his family have been informed of the tragedy.

Friday, September 01, 2006 6:40 AM - Brabants Dagblad and the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant both have articles now that give the name of the Dutchman who died in the F-16 plane crash in Afghanistan on August 31st: Captain Michael Donkervoort, 29, of the town of Veghel in the North Brabant Province in the southern Netherlands. He was married. Both articles are reiterating what we learned yesterday: that the plane was flying at such a high altitude that it would not have been shot down. The crash was likely an equipment malfunction of some sort. Captain Donkervoort was assigned to the Volkelse 313 Squadron out of Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands.