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Afghanistan
In the line of duty: Canada's casualties
Last Updated Nov. 19, 2007
- Interactive map: Canadian casualties around Kandahar
Deaths by year | |
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2007 | 29 |
2006 | 36 military, 1 diplomat |
2005 | 1 |
2004 | 1 |
2003 | 2 |
2002 | 4 |
How they died (2002-2007) | |
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Combat / attacked / explosions | 60 |
Friendly fire | 6 |
Accidental | 5 |
Self-inflicted | 1 |
Under investigation | 2 |
Casualties | Date | Description | |
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Cpl. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp |
Nov. 17, 2007 | Killed when their light armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb. |
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Pte. Michel Levesque |
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Cpl. Nathan Hornburg |
Sept. 24, 2007 | Hit by a mortar shell as he repaired a tank during a patrol. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne |
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Pte. Simon Longtin |
Aug. 19, 2007 | Killed when the convoy he was travelling in hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan |
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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. |
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Cpl. Cole Bartsch |
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Master Cpl. Colin Bason |
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Capt. Matthew Johnathan Dawe |
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Capt. Jefferson Francis |
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Pte. Lane Watkins |
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Cpl. Stephen Frederick Bouzane |
June 20, 2007 | Killed when their all-terrain vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in the Panjwaii district. |
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Sgt. Christos Karigiannis |
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Pte. Joel Vincent Wiebe |
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Trooper Darryl Caswell |
June 11, 2007 | Killed when a roadside bomb went off near his vehicle, about 40 kilometres north of Kandahar. |
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Master Cpl. Darrell Priede |
May 30, 2007 | Killed when a U.S. helicopter was reportedly shot down in southern Afghanistan. |
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Cpl. Matthew McCully |
May 25, 2007 | Killed when an IED went off during a patrol near Nalgham, west of Kandahar City. |
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Master Cpl. Anthony Klumpenhouwer |
April 18, 2007 | A special operations soldier died when he fell while climbing a communications tower. |
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Trooper Patrick James Pentland |
April 11, 2007 | Two killed and three injured in two separate roadside bombing west of Kandahar. |
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Master Cpl. Allan Stewart |
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Pte. David Robert Greenslade |
April 8, 2007 | Killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb west of Kandahar City. |
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Pte. Kevin Vincent Kennedy |
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Sgt. Donald Lucas |
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Cpl. Brent Poland |
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Cpl. Christopher P. Stannix |
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Cpl. Aaron E. Williams |
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Cpl. Kevin Megeney |
March 6, 2007 | Shot in the chest at Kandahar airfield. Death under investigation |
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Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard |
Nov. 27, 2006 | Killed by a suicide car bomb near Kandahar |
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Cpl. Albert Storm |
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Sgt. Darcy Tedford |
Oct. 14, 2006 | Killed after militants ambushed them with grenades and gunfire |
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Pte. Blake Williamson |
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Trooper Mark Andrew Wilson |
Oct. 7, 2006 | Killed by a roadside bomb in the Panjwaii district west of Kandahar |
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Sgt. Craig Paul Gillam |
Oct. 3, 2006 | Killed after sustained mortar and small arms attack. Five other soldiers wounded |
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Cpl. Robert Thomas James Mitchell |
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Pte. Josh Klukie |
Sept. 29, 2006 | Killed in an explosion |
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Cpl. Glen Arnold |
Sept. 18, 2006 | Killed by suicide bomber while they were on a security patrol |
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Pte. David Byers |
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Cpl. Shane Keating |
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Cpl. Keith Morley |
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Pte. Mark Anthony Graham |
Sept. 4, 2006 | Two U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts mistakenly fire on Canadian soldiers |
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Pte. William Jonathan James Cushley |
Sept. 3, 2006 | Air and ground offensive against the Taliban, Sept. 3, 2006 |
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Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish |
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Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan |
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Sgt. Shane Stachnik |
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Cpl. David Braun |
Aug. 22, 2006 | Suicide Attack |
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Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom |
Aug. 11, 2006 | Suicide bombing |
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Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh |
Aug. 9, 2006 | Shooting incident. Death under investigation |
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Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt |
Aug. 5, 2006 | Traffic accident |
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Pte. Kevin Dallaire |
Aug. 3, 2006 | Rocket attack |
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Sgt. Vaughn Ingram |
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Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller |
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Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid |
Aug. 3, 2006 | Roadside bomb |
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Cpl. Francisco Gomez |
July 22, 2006 | Suicide attack |
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Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren |
July 22, 2006 | |
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Cpl. Anthony Boneca |
July 9, 2006 | Firefight |
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Capt. Nichola Goddard |
May 17, 2006 | Combat Details |
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Cpl. Matthew Dinning |
April 22, 2006 | Roadside bomb Details |
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Bombardier Myles Mansell |
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Cpl. Randy Payne |
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Lt. William Turner |
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Pte. Robert Costall |
March 29, 2006 | Friendly fire |
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Cpl. Paul Davis |
March 2, 2006 | LAV III crash Details |
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Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson |
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Diplomat Glyn Berry |
Jan. 15, 2006 | Suicide attack Details |
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Pte. Braun Scott Woodfield |
Nov. 24, 2005 | LAV III rollover Details |
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Cpl. Jamie Brendan Murphy |
Jan. 27, 2004 | Suicide attack Details |
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Cpl. Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger |
Oct. 2, 2003 | Landmine explosion Details |
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Sgt. Robert Alan Short |
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Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer |
April 18, 2002 | "Friendly fire" incident Details |
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Pte. Richard Green |
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Sgt. Marc D. Leger |
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Pte. Nathan Smith |