COALITION
DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN
ARCHIVE -
NOVEMBER, 2006
A running log of text entries
for the month of November,
2006
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US
deaths in November: 7 |
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Total
Coalition deaths in November: 9 |
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Spreadsheet (below)
showing all Coalition deaths in Afghanistan
for November. |
Tuesday,
November 07, 2006 7:41 AM - NATO's
International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan is
reporting the death of one
of their soldiers in the Panjwai
District of Kandahar Province
from a roadside bomb blast on
Monday, November 6th. We are
assuming at this time that the
dead soldier is Canadian although
that has not yet been confirmed
by Canadian National Defense.
The bulk of the troops serving
in Kandahar Province are Canadian.
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Tuesday,
November 07, 2006 4:18 PM
- As
it turns out, the November
6th ISAF IED death in the
Panjwai District of Kandahar
Province was NOT Canadian,
but American. The U.S. Department
of Defense has
now released the identity of
the victim: Sergeant
1st Class William R. Brown,
30, of Fort Worth, Texas.
He was assigned to the 3rd
Special Forces Group out
of Fort Bragg, NC. The release
gives his place of death
as "Sperwan-Gar", or "Sperwan
Ghar" as spelled in various
press reports. As discussed in
this article from the
Canadian Press, there is
an ISAF base near the town
of Sperwan Ghar, which is
west of Kandahar City in
the Panjwai District. |
William
R. Brown, 30,
Fort Worth, Texas
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Thursday,
November 23, 2006 11:34 AM - NATO's
International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan is
reporting the death of one
of their soldiers in an insurgent
rocket attack near Qara Bagh in
Ghazni Province on Thursday, November
23rd. The nationality of the soldier
has not yet been revealed.
Friday,
November 24, 2006 2:46 PM - The
Bismarck Tribune is
reporting the death of a
North Dakota National Guardsman
in Afghanistan on Thursday, November
23rd: Nathan Good Iron,
24, of Mandaree, North Dakota.
He was a member of the 188th
Air Defense Artillery Regiment
current serving in Afghanistan.
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Saturday,
November 25, 2006 6:40 AM
- This morning, the
Bismarck Tribune has
come out with more accurate
information on the North
Dakota National Guardsman
who died in Afghanistan on
Thanksgiving Day, November
23rd. He was Corporal
Nathan Joel Goodiron,
25 years old, from Mandaree
on the Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation. According to
his father, and also
a press
release published by
the North Dakota National
Guard, Goodiron's vehicle
took the full impact of a
rocket propelled grenade,
while escorting a military
convoy. He died instantly.
His cousin, Sergeant C.J.
O'Berry, was wounded in the
attack, but apparently not
seriously. |
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Nathan
Goodiron, 25, Mandaree, North
Dakota, Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation
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Sunday,
November 26, 2006 5:22 AM - The
Washington Post is
reporting the death of a
NATO soldier near Tarin Kowt
in Oruzgan Province. (Another
article appears
here from ITN News.) The
date of the attack is not clear,
although we believe it likely
happened Saturday, November 25th.
The nationality of the victim
is not known at this time although
Dutch forces make up the bulk
of NATO troops in that area.
| Monday,
November 27, 2006 5:31 AM
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(1)
The Canadian Press is
reporting the deaths of
two Canadian NATO soldiers
in the city of Kandahar when
a suicide bomber rammed their
convoy with his car on Monday,
November 27th. |
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(2)
Reuters is
reporting the death of
a NATO soldier in a road
accident in eastern Nuristan
Province on Sunday, November
26th. No nationality has
been confirmed, but the death
is likely American as they
comprise most of the troops
stationed in that province. |
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(3)
Also, there are reports that
TWO NATO soldiers may have
died, instead of the one
reported, in the insurgent
attack in Uruzgan Province
on Saturday, November 25th. From
Reuters: "ISAF said
on Sunday NATO forces had
killed about 55 Taliban fighters
in two separate engagements
the previous day, both in
the violent south. Two
NATO soldiers died in one
of the clashes." At
this point, we're still researching
the situation and will update
the database if and when
confirmation of that turns
up. |
| Monday,
November 27, 2006 5:48 AM
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(1)
The NATO International Security
Assistance Force website has
confirmed the death of
a NATO soldier in Nuristan
Province on Sunday, November
26th. Apparently there were
two soldiers involved in
an accident when their vehicle
rolled down an embankment
in Kamdesh District. Both
were evacuated to an ISAF
medical facility, but one
died of his injuries there. |
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(2)
The same NATO website has
also confirmed the deaths of
two NATO soldiers in a suicide
car bombing southeast of
Kandahar City on Monday,
November 27th. |
Tuesday,
November 28, 2006 5:35
AM - The Canadian
station CTV is
reporting the identities of
the two Canadian soldiers
killed in a suicide
car bombing in Kandahar on
Monday, November 27th: |
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Chief
Warrant Officer Robert Girouard of
Bathurst, New Brunswick |
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Robert
Girouard, Bathurst, New Brunswick
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Corporal
Albert Storm of
Fort Erie, Ontario |
Albert
Storm,
Fort Erie, Ontario
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Tuesday,
November 28, 2006 5:57 AM
- The Manchester, New
Hampshire, Union Leader is
reporting the death of
a University of New Hampshire
graduate in Afghanistan. 1st
Lieutenant Benjamin Keating was
the soldier killed in the
vehicle accident in Nuristan
Province on Sunday, November
26th. According to an
article in the Portland
Press Herald, Keating was
a former resident of Shapleigh,
Maine, where his parents
still live. |
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Benjamin
Keating, Shapleigh, Maine
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Tuesday,
November 28, 2006 6:58 AM - The
Canadian Department of National
Defense has
formally confirmed the
identities of the two Canadian
soldiers killed on November
27th.
Tuesday,
November 28, 2006 10:20 AM
- The Canadian Press has
come out with further details on
the suicide bombing that
killed two Canadians in Kandahar
on Monday, November 27th.
The article gives Chief
Warrant Officer Robert "Bobby" Girouard's age
as 46. He was the Regimental
Sergeant Major for his unit,
and had been home to New
Brunswick on leave just one
week ago. Corporal
Albert Storm was
36 years old.
| Tuesday,
November 28, 2006 5:49
PM - |
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(1)
The DoD has
now formally confirmed the
death of Corporal
Nathan J. Goodiron,
25, in an enemy small
arms fire and rocket
propelled grenade attack
in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan,
on Thanksgiving Day,
November 23rd. |
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(2)
The DoD has
also verified that
the NATO soldier killed
in Oruzgan Province on
Saturday, November 25th,
was an American. 2nd
Lieutenant Scott B. Lundell,
35, of Hurricane, Utah,
died when his unit encountered
enemy forces using small
arms fire and rocket
propelled grenades. |
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Scott
B. Lundell, 35, Hurricane,
Utah, with his family
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Wednesday,
November 29, 2006 5:23 AM - NATO's
International Security Assistance
Force website has
posted a press release stating
that two ISAF soldiers were killed
in the Puli Alam District of Logar
Province, due south of Kabul,
when an IED blew up near their
vehicle. The incident happened
on Tuesday, November 28th. Another
soldier and an interpreter were
wounded in the blast. As usual,
the nationalities of the dead
have not yet been released.
Wednesday,
November 29, 2006 1:47 PM - The
DoD has
confirmed the death of 1st
Lieutenant Benjamin D. Keating,
27, of Shapleigh, Maine, in
a vehicle accident in Afghanistan
on Sunday, November 26th.
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Thursday,
November 30, 2006 5:18
AM - The two IED deaths
in Logar Province from
Tuesday, November 28th,
would now appear to have
been American. The Associated
Press is
reporting one of those
deaths to be Staff
Sergeant Michael Shank,
31, of Bonham, Texas. He
had been in Afghanistan
for about 6 months ...
and leaves behind a wife
and two young daughters. |
Michael
Shank, 31,
Bonham, Texas
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Thursday,
November 30, 2006 3:33
PM - The DoD has
identified the two soldiers who
died in Logar Province
when a roadside bomb
exploded on Tuesday,
November 28th: |
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Staff
Sergeant Michael A. Shank,
31, of Bonham, Texas |
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Specialist
Jeffrey G. Roberson,
22, of Phelan, California |
Friday,
December 01, 2006 12:34 PM
- The DoD has
announced the death of
another North Dakota National
Guardsman in Afghanistan. Specialist
Chris Kleinwachter,
29, of Wahpeton, ND, apparently
died in Ghazni Province when
his vehicle rolled over "during
combat operations" on Thursday,
November 30th. He belonged
to the same National Guard
regiment as Corporal Nathan
Goodiron who died on November
23rd in an enemy RPG attack.
Saturday,
December 02, 2006 9:32 AM
- NATO's ISAF website has
now provided a few clarifying
details on the death of Specialist
Chris Kleinwachter in
Afghanistan on Thursday,
November 30th. According
to them, the death was from
a vehicle accident ... a
rollover ... not caused by
hostile fire. It happened
in the Muqur District of
Ghazni Province.
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