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In the line of duty: Canada's casualties

Last Updated Nov. 19, 2007

Deaths by year
200729
200636 military, 1 diplomat
20051
20041
20032
20024
How they died (2002-2007)
Combat / attacked / explosions60
Friendly fire6
Accidental5
Self-inflicted1
Under investigation2
CasualtiesDateDescription
Beauchamp

Cpl. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp

 Nov. 17, 2007 Killed when their light armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb.
Levesque

Pte. Michel Levesque
Hornburg

Cpl. Nathan Hornburg

 Sept. 24, 2007 Hit by a mortar shell as he repaired a tank during a patrol.
Ruckpaul

Maj. Raymond Ruckpaul

 Aug. 29, 2007 Found dead of a gunshot wound inside the headquarters of the ISAF in Kabul. On Sept. 24, an investigation concluded that his death was a result of suicide.
Master Warrant Officer Mario Mercier

Master Warrant Officer Mario Mercier

 Aug. 22, 2007 Two soldiers and interpreter killed when armoured vehicle struck roadside explosive. Another Canadian soldier and two Canadian journalists injured.
Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne

Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne
Longtin

Pte. Simon Longtin

 Aug. 19, 2007 Killed when the convoy he was travelling in hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan
Cpl. Jordan Anderson

Cpl. Jordan Anderson

 July 4, 2007 Killed when their armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device as they were returning from a patrol in the Panjwaii district.
Cpl. Cole Bartsch

Cpl. Cole Bartsch
Master Cpl. Colin Bason

Master Cpl. Colin Bason
Capt. Matthew Johnathan Dawe

Capt. Matthew Johnathan Dawe
Capt. Jefferson Francis

Capt. Jefferson Francis
Pte. Lane Watkins

Pte. Lane Watkins
Bouzane

Cpl. Stephen Frederick Bouzane

 June 20, 2007 Killed when their all-terrain vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in the Panjwaii district.
Karigiannis

Sgt. Christos Karigiannis
Wiebe

Pte. Joel Vincent Wiebe

Trooper Darryl Caswell

 June 11, 2007 Killed when a roadside bomb went off near his vehicle, about 40 kilometres north of Kandahar.

Master Cpl. Darrell Priede

 May 30, 2007 Killed when a U.S. helicopter was reportedly shot down in southern Afghanistan.

Cpl. Matthew McCully

 May 25, 2007 Killed when an IED went off during a patrol near Nalgham, west of Kandahar City.

Master Cpl. Anthony Klumpenhouwer

 April 18, 2007 A special operations soldier died when he fell while climbing a communications tower.

Trooper Patrick James Pentland

 April 11, 2007 Two killed and three injured in two separate roadside bombing west of Kandahar.

Master Cpl. Allan Stewart

Pte. David Robert Greenslade

 April 8, 2007 Killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb west of Kandahar City.

Pte. Kevin Vincent Kennedy

Sgt. Donald Lucas

Cpl. Brent Poland

Cpl. Christopher P. Stannix

Cpl. Aaron E. Williams

Cpl. Kevin Megeney

 March 6, 2007 Shot in the chest at Kandahar airfield. Death under investigation

Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard

 Nov. 27, 2006 Killed by a suicide car bomb near Kandahar

Cpl. Albert Storm

Sgt. Darcy Tedford

 Oct. 14, 2006 Killed after militants ambushed them with grenades and gunfire

Pte. Blake Williamson

Trooper Mark Andrew Wilson

 Oct. 7, 2006 Killed by a roadside bomb in the Panjwaii district west of Kandahar

Sgt. Craig Paul Gillam

Oct. 3, 2006 Killed after sustained mortar and small arms attack. Five other soldiers wounded

Cpl. Robert Thomas James Mitchell

Pte. Josh Klukie

 Sept. 29, 2006 Killed in an explosion

Cpl. Glen Arnold

 Sept. 18, 2006 Killed by suicide bomber while they were on a security patrol

Pte. David Byers

Cpl. Shane Keating

Cpl. Keith Morley

Pte. Mark Anthony Graham

 Sept. 4, 2006 Two U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts mistakenly fire on Canadian soldiers

Pte. William Jonathan James Cushley

 Sept. 3, 2006 Air and ground offensive against the Taliban, Sept. 3, 2006

Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish

Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan

Sgt. Shane Stachnik

Cpl. David Braun

 Aug. 22, 2006 Suicide Attack

Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom

 Aug. 11, 2006 Suicide bombing

Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh

 Aug. 9, 2006 Shooting incident. Death under investigation

Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt

 Aug. 5, 2006 Traffic accident

Pte. Kevin Dallaire

 Aug. 3, 2006 Rocket attack

Sgt. Vaughn Ingram

Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller

Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid

 Aug. 3, 2006 Roadside bomb

Cpl. Francisco Gomez

 July 22, 2006 Suicide attack

Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren

 July 22, 2006

Cpl. Anthony Boneca

 July 9, 2006 Firefight

Capt. Nichola Goddard

 May 17, 2006 Combat
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Cpl. Matthew Dinning

 April 22, 2006 Roadside bomb
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Bombardier Myles Mansell

Cpl. Randy Payne

Lt. William Turner

Pte. Robert Costall

 March 29, 2006 Friendly fire

Cpl. Paul Davis

 March 2, 2006 LAV III crash
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Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson

Diplomat Glyn Berry

 Jan. 15, 2006 Suicide attack
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Pte. Braun Scott Woodfield

 Nov. 24, 2005 LAV III rollover
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Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy

 Jan. 27, 2004 Suicide attack
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Cpl. Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger

 Oct. 2, 2003 Landmine explosion
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Sgt. Robert Alan Short

Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer

 April 18, 2002 "Friendly fire" incident
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Pte. Richard Green

Sgt. Marc D. Leger

Pte. Nathan Smith

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