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Afghanistan

Since the start of Canadian military activities in Afghanistan, 96 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have lost their lives.

Sept. 3, 2008:  Three Canadian soldiers in their early twenties, who had nearly finished their tour of duty, were killed during a fatal ambush in Afghanistan's volatile Zhari district. Five others were wounded. Cpl. Andrew Grenon -  Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Man. Grenon, 23, was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. Cpl. Mike Seggie - Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.   Seggie, 21, followed in the footsteps of his father and uncle, who had also served with the Princess Patrica's. Pte. Chad Horn - Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.  Horn, 21, was greatly admired by his peers and was considered one of the best Light Armoured Vehicle gunners

August 20, 2008:  Three Canadian soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan's Zhari district, and another soldier was injured in the blast.  Sgt. Shawn Eades, 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group. Sapper Stephan John Stock, 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment from Edmonton, Alberta and attached to the Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group. Cpl. Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden, 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment from Edmonton, Alberta and attached to the Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group.

August11, 2008:   Master Cpl. Erin Doyle, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton.
Hometown: Kamloops, B.C. A Canadian soldier has died in Afghanistan after insurgents attacked a remote outpost in the volatile Panjwaii district.

August 9, 2008: Master Cpl. Josh Roberts, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Shilo, Man.
(Hometown: Saskatoon).   A Saskatchewan-born soldier was fatally shot during a firefight in Afghanistan early Saturday, as Canadian troops fought insurgents in the volatile Zhari district.

July 18, 2008:   Cpl. James Hayward Arnal, 25, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Shilo, Man. A Canadian soldier (on his 2nd tour) died in Afghanistan after he was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) buried in the ground during a night patrol in the Panjwaii district.

July 6, 2008:  Pte. Colin William Wilmot, 1st Field Ambulance, Edmonton Garrison.  A Canadian medic out on foot patrol in Kandahar province's Panjwaii district died following an explosion.

July 4, 2008:   Cpl. Brendan Anthony Downey, 37, Military policeman, 17 Wing Detachment, Dundurn.  Was found dead in his sleeping quarters in the early morning hours at a Canadian base in the Persian Gulf that is used to provide logistical support for the Afghan mission.

June 7, 2008:  Capt. Jonathan Sutherland Snyder, 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Edmonton. (Hometown: Penticton, B.C.) while leading a night patrol in Zhari district died after falling down a well, known locally as a kariz, in a grape field. He  worked with the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) and was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan.

June 3, 2008:  Capt. Richard (Steve) Leary, 32, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Shilo, Man. (Hometown: Brantford, Ont.) was killed when  Taliban militants ambushed a joint Canadian-Afghan foot patrol in the Panjwaii district.

May 6, 2008:  Cpl. Michael Starker, 36 (reservist), 15 Field Ambulance, Edmonton (Calgary detachment) (Hometown: Calgary) died in hospital after Taliban militants attacked Canadian soldiers out in the village of Pashmul in Zhari district west of Kandahar City.

April 4, 2008:  Pte. Terry John Street, 24, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Shilo, Man.
(Hometown: Hull, Que.) died in the Panjwaii district west of Kandahar City after his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

March 16, 2008:  Sgt. Jason Boyes, 32, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Shilo, Man. (Hometown: Napanee, Ont.) on foot patrol in the Panjwaii district about 35 kilometres west of Kandahar City stepped on an improvised explosive device, dying in hospital of his injuries.

March 11, 2008:  Bombardier Jeremie Ouellet, 22, 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, Shilo, Man. (Hometown: Matane, Que.) became the 80th soldier to lose his life.

March 2, 2008: Trooper Michael Yuki Hayakaze, a 25-year-old member of the Lord Strathcona's Horse, an armoured regiment based in Alberta, became the 79th soldier killed in Afghanistan.  He was killed by a roadside bomb while on a resupply mission west of Kandahar city, just days before his tour was up

January 23, 2008: Cpl. Etienne Gonthier, 21, a Quebec-born combat engineer from the 5th Regiment, became the 78th soldier killed in Afghanistan after his light armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while engaged in a road-clearing exercise about 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City in the western reaches of Panjwaii district

January 15, 2008:  Trooper Richard Renaud, 26, from Alma, north of Quebec City, was killed in a roadside bomb explosion during a routine patrol in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Kandahar.

January 6, 2008: Warrant Officer Hani Massouh, 41, and Cpl. Eric Labbe, 31, were killed Sunday when their armoured vehicle rolled over in wet, rugged terrain southwest of Kandahar city

December 30, 2007: Jonathan Dion, 27, a gunner from Val d'Or, Quebec died while carrying out a routine patrol in Zhari district, about 20 kilometres west of Kandahar City.

November 17, 2007: Cpl. Nicholas Raymond Beauchamp, of the 5th Field Ambulance, and Pte. Michel Levesque, of the Royal 22nd Regiment, both based in Valcartier, were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their LAV-III armoured vehicle in Zhari district.

September 24, 2007:  Cpl. Nathan Hornburg, 24,  of the King's Own Calgary Regiment died in heavy mortar fire and four other NATO troops were wounded as part of Operation Good Soldier in the Panjwai District of Afghanistan.

August 22, 2007:   Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne of the 5th Ambulance company and Master Warrant Officer Mario Mercier of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment (the Van Doo) based in Valcartier, Que., were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb.

August 19, 2007: Pte Simon Longtin was killed Sunday, August 19, by a roadside bomb, becoming the first member of Quebec’s storied Van Doos regiment to die while serving in Afghanistan.

July 4, 2007: Six Canadian soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle. Capt. Matthew Johnathan Dawe, Cpl. Cole Bartsch ,Cpl. Jordan Anderson , Capt. Jefferson Francis and Pte. Lane Watkins, all of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, and Master-Cpl. Colin Bason, a reservist from The Royal Westminster Regiment. The identity of the other casualty has not been released. 

June 20, 2007: Sgt. Christos Karigiannis, Cpl. Stephen Frederick Bouzane and Pte. Joel Vincent Wiebe, all of 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb near a forward-operating base at Sperwan Ghar, west of Kandahar.

June 11, 2007 :Trooper Darryl Caswell, 25, waskilled whenthe armoured vehicle he was driving was ripped apart by an improvised explosive deviceen route to a remote NATO base in Afghanistan since 2002.

May 30, 2007 : Master Cpl. Darrell Jason Priede was the 56th Canadian service member killed since 2002 in Afghanistan, his death coming less than a week after another corporal lost his life to a roadside bomb.

May 25, 2007: Corp. Matthew McCully. An infantryman killed when a road-side bomb exploded nearhim during Operation Hoover, a major operation to clear out Taliban.

April 18, 2007: Master Cpl. Anthony Klumpenhouwer.A special operations soldier died in an accident when he fell while climbing a communications tower.

April 17, 2002: Sgt. Marc D. Leger, Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer, Pte. Richard A. Green and Pte. Nathan Smith were killed by friendly fire when an American fighter jet dropped a laser-guided 225-kilogram bomb on the soldiers during a training exercise near Kandahar. All served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group.

April 11, 2007 : Master Cpl. Allan Stewart, 30, and Trooper Patrick James Pentland, 23 - both of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont. - died after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in an area about 38 km west of Kandahar City.

April 8, 2007 : Six Canadian soldiers died in southern Afghanistan as a result of injuries sustained when the vehicle they were travelling in hit an explosive device.The men were identified as Sgt. Donald Lucas, 31, of Burton, N.B., Pte. Kevin Kennedy, 20, of St. Lawrence, Nfld., Cpl. Aaron E. Williams, 23, of Lincoln, N.B., and Pte. David R. Greenslade, 20, of Saint John, N.B., Cpl. Christopher P. Stannix, 24, of Dartmouth, N.S., and Cpl. Brent Poland, 37, of Sarnia, Ont.

March 6, 2007: Cpl. Kevin Megeney, 25, a reservist from Stellarton, N.S., and a member of 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Highlandersis the 45th Canadian military death in Afghanistan since 2002. Megeney was shot through the chest and left lung in what's believed to be a "friendly fire" incident.

November 27, 2006:Two Canadian soldiers, Chief Warrant Officer Albert Storm and Sgt. Maj. Bob Girouard, were killed on the outskirts of Kandahar on Monday when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of military vehicles. The soldiers were members of the Royal Canadian Regiment based in Petawawa, Ont. They were in an armoured personnel carrier that had just left the Kandahar Airfield base when a vehicle drove up to it and detonated explosives.

October 14, 2006: A storm of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades killed Sgt. Darcy Tedford of Charles Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based in Petawawa, Ont. and Pte. Blake Williamson, also based in Petawawa, in southern Afghanistan. Three others are expected to recover from their wounds.

October 7, 2006: Mark Andrew Wilson of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont., was killed when his armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside explosion in the Panjwaii district.

October 3,2006:Sgt. Craig Gillam andCpl. Robert Mitchell of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont., killed in series of mortar, rocket attacks just west of Kandahar city

September 29, 2006:Pte. Josh Klukie was killed by an improvised explosive device, while he was conducting a foot patrol in the Panjwaii district in Kandahar province.

September 18, 2006: Four soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated explosives in the Panjwai area. Cpl Shane Keating,Cpl Keith Morley and Pte. David Byers, 22, all members of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Shilo, Man and Cpl. Glen Arnold, a member of the 2 Field Ambulance, from Petawawa, Ont. were killed in the attack that wounded several others.

September 4, 2006:Pte. Mark Anthony Graham, a member of 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based at CFB Petawawa, Ont., killed and dozens of others wounded in a friendly fire incident involving an American A-10 Warthog aircraft.

September 3, 2006:Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan,Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish, Sergeant Shane Stachnik, and Pte. William Jonathan James Cushley, all based at CFB Petawawa, west of Ottawa, were among four soldierskilled in fierce fighting in southern Afghanistan. Several more soldiers were wounded.

August22, 2006: Canadian Corp. David Braun,a recently arrived soldier with the second battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed by a suicide bomber outside the gates of Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City. The soldier, in his 20s, was a native of Raymore, Sask.Three other Canadian soldiers were injured in the afternoon attack.

August 11, 2006: Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom with the1st Field Ambulance based in Edmonton, was killed when his vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber.

Aug. 9, 2006: Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh, based out of Shilo, Man. with the second batallion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was conducting routine operations along Highway One near the Zhari district centre, about 20 kilometres west of Kandahar city was he wasshot in a "weapons related accident" unrelated to enemy fire about noon Wednesday, just days after arriving in Kandahar to begin his tour of duty.

Aug. 5, 2006: Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt, of the Edmonton-based Loyal Edmonton Regiment,was killed Aug. 5 when a G-Wagon making a supply run collided with a civilian truck.

Aug. 3, 2006: Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid, with the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, died overnight when a Canadian Light Armoured Vehicle, or LAV-3, was struck by a roadside bomb.Later the same say, three more Canadian soldiers were killed during a separate attack with rocket propelled grenades near Kandahar city. According to a DND website late Thursday,Sgt. Vaughn Ingram of the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, andCpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller of the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry were also killed. The fourth dead soldier was not identified. Several other Canadian soldiers were injured in the attack.

July 22, 2006: A suicide bomber blows himself up in Kandahar, killing two Canadian soldiers and wounded eight more.Cpl. Francisco Gomez, an anti-armour specialist from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton, was driving the Bison armoured vehicle targeted by the bomber's vehicle. Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren of the Black Watch in Montreal was riding in the vehicle.

July 9, 2006: Cpl. Anthony Joseph Boneca, a reservist, with the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment based in Thunder Bay, Ont., was killed as Canadian military and Afghan security forces were pushing through an area west of Kandahar City that had been a hotbed of Taliban activity.

May 17, 2006: Capt. Nichola Goddard, a combat engineer with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and Canada's first female combat death, killed during battle against Taliban forces in the Panjwai region, 24 kilometres west of Kandahar.

April 22, 2006: Four soldiers were killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near Gombad, north of Kandahar. They were Cpl. Matthew Dinning, stationed at Petawawa, Ont.; Bombardier Myles Mansell, based in Victoria; Lieut. William Turner, stationed in Edmonton, and Cpl. Randy Payne of CFB Wainwright, Alta.

March 28-29, 2006:Pte. Robert Costall was killed in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in the desert north of Kandahar. A U.S. soldier and a number of Afghan troops also died and three Canadians were wounded. Costall was a member of 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton.

March 5, 2006: Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson of Grande Prairie, Alta., succumbed to injuries suffered in the LAV III crash on March 2 in Afghanistan. Wilson died in hospital in Germany.

March 2, 2006: Cpl. Paul Davis died and six others were injured when their LAV III collided with a civilian taxi just west of Kandahar during a routine patrol. The soldiers were with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Jan. 15, 2006: DiplomatGlyn Berry was killed and three soldiers injured by a suicide bomber in Kandahar. They were patrolling in a G Wagon.

Nov. 24, 2005: Pte. Braun Scott Woodfield, Royal Canadian Regiment, was killed in a traffic accident involving his light-armoured vehicle (LAV III) northeast of Kandahar. Three others soldiers suffered serious injuries.

Jan. 27, 2004: Cpl. Jamie Murphy died and three soldiers were injured by a suicide bomber while patrolling near Camp Julien in an Iltis jeep. All were members of the Royal Canadian Regiment.

Oct. 2, 2003: Sgt. Robert Alan Short and Cpl. Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger were killed and three others injured when their Iltis jeep struck a roadside bomb outside Camp Julien near Kabul. They were from the Third Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment.