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Revision as of 17:54, 10 November 2009
The number of Canadian Forces' fatalities resulting from Canadian military activities in Afghanistan is the largest for any single Canadian military mission since the 25th Canadian Brigade suffered 516 deaths in the Korean War between 1950 and 1953. A total of 133 Canadian Forces personnel have been killed since the mission began in 2002.
Specifics
The first casualties occurred in the Tarnak Farm incident, in which four Canadians were killed and eight seriously wounded when a United States warplane dropped a bomb on a training exercise in the belief that the Canadians were enemy soldiers. The four servicemen were honoured at an event unprecedented in Canadian military history; on 28 April 2002, Skyreach Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, was filled to capacity for a tribute ceremony for the four fallen soldiers that included personal messages from the Governor General, Prime Minister, Chief of Defence Staff, Premiers of Alberta and Manitoba, and the Mayor of Edmonton, most of whom also attended the service. Subsequently, deceased soldiers have been honoured by much smaller services, though, at the rededication of the Vimy Memorial on 9 April 2007, Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, made reference to all the fallen Canadians in Afghanistan when she rededicated the monument "to their eternal remembrance, to Canada, to all who would serve the cause of freedom, and to those who have lost their lives in Afghanistan."[1] Further, in honour of all those who died during the Afghan mission, the section of Ontario's Highway 401 along which fallen soldiers are carried from Canadian Forces Base Trenton to Toronto after repatriation was named the Highway of Heroes.[2] All those Canadian Forces personnel who are killed during the mission are posthumously awarded the Sacrifice Medal and their spouse or next of kin receive the Memorial Cross.
The first deployed Canadian woman to die in combat was Captain Nichola Goddard, and the death of Anthony Boneca initiated debate around the combat readiness of Canadian reservists, wherein questions were asked not only about the suitability of employing reservists, but also the role of the media in reporting comments by grief-stricken relatives, such as those made by Boneca's partner's father. The suitability of the Iltis vehicle was also questioned heavily following a land mine incident that claimed the lives of Canadian soldiers, leading the military to thereafter acquire Mercedes-Benz G-Class and RG-31 Nyala armoured patrol vehicles.[3]
The first Canadian woman to commit suicide on an overseas deployment was Major Michelle Mendes, an intelligence officer, who killed herself in her sleeping quarters at Kandahar Airfield only a few days after her arrival.[4][5]
Statistics
Fatalities | |
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Cause | Number |
Enemy action | |
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or land mines | 78 |
Rocket-propelled grenades or small arms or mortar fire | 22 |
Suicide bomb attacks | 11 |
Toadal' | 111 |
Non-enemy action | |
Friendly-fire | 6 |
Vehicle accidents | 6 |
Helicopter accidents | 2 |
Accidental falls | 2 |
Accidental gunshots | 2 |
Suicidess | 2 |
Unspecified | 2 |
TOTAL | 22 |
TOETAL | 133 |
Fatalities
2002
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Marc D. Léger | Sergeant | Lancaster, Ontario | 29 | wife | - | 3 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | 18 April 2002 | Four soldiers were killed and eight wounded in a "friendly fire" incident when an American F-16 fighter jet dropped a laser-guided 225-kg bomb on the Canadians who were on an exercise at Tarnak Farm, near Kandahar.[6] |
2. | Ainsworth Dyer | Corporal | Montreal, Quebec | 24 | fiancée | - | |||
3. | Richard Green | Private | Mill Cove, Nova Scotia | 21 | - | - | |||
4. | Nathan Smith | Private | Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia | 24 | - | - | |||
4 | TOTAL |
2003
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5. | Robert Alan Short | Sergeant | Fredericton, New Brunswick | 42 | wife | 1 son, 1 daughter | 3 Royal Canadian Regiment | 2 October 2003 | Land mine incident along a road regularly used by Canadian patrols leaving Camp Julien. The mines were believed to have been placed along the road two hours before the patrol. Three other Canadians wounded.[7][8] |
6. | Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger | Corporal | Ottawa, Ontario | 29 | wife | 1 daughter, 2 sons | |||
2 | TOTAL |
2004
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7. | Jamie Brendan Murphy | Corporal | Conception Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador | 26 | common-law wife | - | 1 RCR | 27 January 2004 | Victim of a suicide bombing while on patrol near Camp Julien in a Iltis jeep. Three other Canadians wounded.[9] |
1 | TOTAL |
2005
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8. | Braun Scott Woodfield | Private | Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia | 24 | - | - | 2 RCR | 24 November 2005 | Died in a LAV III rollover on the main highway between Camp Julien and Kandahar.[10] |
1 | TOTAL |
2006
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9. | Timothy Wilson | Master Corporal | Langruth, Manitoba | 30 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | 2 PPCLI | 2 March 2006 | Rollover accident involving a LAV III and a local taxi highway about seven kilometres west of Kandahar. Six others also injured.[8][11] |
10. | Paul Davis | Corporal | Bridgewater, Nova Scotia | 28 | wife | 2 daughters | |||
11. | Robert Costall | Private | Gibsons, British Columbia | 22 | wife | 1 son | 1 PPCLI | 29 March 2006 | Killed by friendly fire from American Special Forces while defending a coalition outpost outside Kandahar from Taliban insurgents.[12][13][14] |
12. | Matthew Dinning | Corporal | Wingham, Ontario | 23 | - | - | 2 Military Police Platoon, Petawawa | 22 April 2006 | All four died when their G-wagon struck an IED north of Kandahar.[15] |
13. | William Turner | Lieutenant | Toronto, Ontario | 45 | - | - | Land Force Western Area HQ | ||
14. | Myles Mansell | Bombardier | Victoria, British Columbia | 25 | fiancée | - | 5th (British Columbia) Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery | ||
15. | Randy Payne | Corporal | Gananoque, Ontario | 32 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | 1 Military Police Unit, ASU Wainwright MP Pltn | ||
16. | Nichola Goddard | Captain | Calgary, Alberta | 26 | husband | - | 1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery | 17 May 2006 | Killed during operations against insurgents.[16] |
17. | Anthony Boneca | Corporal | Thunder Bay, Ontario | 21 | - | - | The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment | 9 July 2006 | Killed during combat operations against Taliban insurgents. |
18. | Francisco Gomez | Corporal | Edmonton, Alberta | 44 | - | - | 2 PPCLI | 22 July 2006 | Two soldiers killed, and eight wounded when their Bison armoured vehicle was attacked by a suicide bomber. |
19. | Jason Patrick Warren | Corporal | Quebec City, Quebec | 29 | - | - | The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada | ||
20. | Christopher Jonathan Reid | Corporal | Truro, Nova Scotia | 34 | - | - | 1 PPCLI | 3 August 2006 | Killed by a roadside bomb while in a LAV III. Six other Canadians wounded.[8][17][18] |
21. | Vaughn Ingram | Sergeant | Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador | 35 | wife | 2 daughters | All three soldiers killed, and nine wounded, during a RPG attack by insurgents.[17][18] | ||
22. | Bryce Jeffrey Keller | Corporal | Regina, Saskatchewan | 27 | wife | - | |||
23. | Kevin Dallaire | Private | Calgary, Alberta | 22 | - | - | |||
24. | Raymond Arndt | Master Corporal | Edson, Alberta | 31 | wife | - | Loyal Edmonton Regiment | 5 August 2006 | Killed in vehicular accident when a G-wagon collided head-on with a local civilian truck. Three others were also injured.[19] |
25. | Jeffrey Scott Walsh | Master Corporal | Regina, Saskatchewan | 33 | wife | 2 daughters, 1 son | 2 PPCLI | 9 August 2006 | Killed by the accidental discharge of a comrade's rifle while on patrol west of Kandahar. He had been in theater for less than a week.[20] |
26. | Andrew James Eykelenboom | Corporal | Comox, British Columbia | 23 | - | - | 1 Field Ambulance | 11 August 2006 | Killed by a suicide bomber while on a NATO patrol in a G-wagon light utility vehicle. |
27. | David Braun | Corporal | Raymore, Saskatchewan | 27 | - | - | 2 PPCLI | 22 August 2006 | Killed by a suicide bomber outside the gates of Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar city. Three other Canadians wounded.[8] |
28. | Frank Robert Mellish | Warrant Officer | Truro, Nova Scotia | 38 | wife | 2 sons | 1 RCR | 3 September 2006 | Killed during Operation Medusa while fighting with Taliban insurgents in Panjwai district west of Kandahar. Nine other Canadians wounded.[8] |
29. | Richard Francis Nolan | Warrant Officer | Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador | 39 | common-law wife | 3 sons, 1 stepdaughter | |||
30. | William Jonathon James Cushley | Private | Port Lambton, Ontario | 21 | - | - | |||
31. | Shane Stachnik | Sergeant | Waskatenau, Alberta | 30 | common-law wife | 2 stepchildren | 2 Combat Engineer Regiment | ||
32. | Mark Anthony Graham | Private | Hamilton, Ontario | 33 | - | 1 daughter | 1 RCR | 4 September 2006 | Killed by US A-10 Warthog attack aircraft in a friendly fire incident. Dozens of other Canadians wounded.[17][21] |
33. | David Byers | Private | Espanola, Ontario | 22 | fiancée | fiancée pregnant | 2 PPCLI | 18 September 2006 | All four soldiers killed, and several others wounded, during an attack on their foot patrol by a suicide bomber riding a bicycle in Panjwai district, west of Kandahar. |
34. | Shane Keating | Corporal | Dalmeny, Saskatchewan | 30 | - | - | |||
35. | Keith Morley | Corporal | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 30 | - | - | |||
36. | Glen Arnold | Corporal | McKerrow, Ontario | 32 | wife | 3 daughters, 1 son | 2 Fd Amb | ||
37. | Josh Klukie | Private | Thunder Bay, Ontario | 23 | - | - | 1 RCR | 29 September 2006 | Killed by an IED blast while serving with 1 RCR on a foot patrol in Panjwai District.[22] |
38. | Craig Paul Gillam | Sergeant | South Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador | 40 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | Royal Canadian Dragoons | 3 October 2006 | Killed, when attacked while working on road construction project west of Kandahar.[17][23][24] |
39. | Robert Thomas James Mitchell | Corporal | Owen Sound, Ontario | 32 | wife | 3 sons | |||
40. | Mark Andrew Wilson | Trooper (Private) | London, Ontario | 39 | wife | 2 sons | RCD | 7 October 2006 | Killed by an IED blast while riding in a Nyala armoured patrol vehicle west of Kandahar.[25][26] |
41. | Darcy Tedford | Sergeant | Calgary, Alberta | 32 | wife | 2 daughters | 1 RCR | 14 October 2006 | Killed in an ambush in southern Kandahar. Three other Canadians wounded by the attack involving rocket propelled grenades and mortars.[8][27] |
42. | Blake Williamson | Private | Ottawa, Ontario | 23 | - | - | |||
43. | Robert Girouard | Chief Warrant Officer | Bouctouche, New Brunswick | 46 | wife | 1 daughter, 2 sons | 1 RCR | 27 November 2006 | Killed by a suicide bomber while riding in a Bison armoured vehicle.[28] |
44. | Albert Storm | Corporal | Niagara Falls, Ontario | 36 | - | 1 daughter, 1 son | |||
36 | TOTAL |
2007
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45. | Kevin Megeney | Corporal | Stellarton, Nova Scotia | 25 | - | - | 1 Nova Scotia Highlanders | 6 March 2007 | Killed by negligent shooting while on base in Kandahar.[29] |
46. | Donald Lucas | Sergeant | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | 31 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | 2 RCR | 8 April 2007 | All six killed by a roadside bomb while riding in a LAV III 75 km west of Kandahar City near the border between Kandahar and Helmand provinces. One other soldier was seriously wounded, another lightly wounded, and two others escaped injury. They were conducting a convoy security operation in support of Operation Achilles. It was the single worst attack on NATO troops since June 2005 and the single costliest day of combat for Canadian troops since 26 members of the RCR were killed in Korea in 1953.[30][31][32] |
47. | Aaron E. Williams | Corporal | Perth-Andover, New Brunswick | 23 | fiancée | 1 daughter | |||
48. | Brent Poland | Corporal | Camlachie, Ontario | 37 | - | - | |||
49. | David Robert Greenslade | Private | Saint John, New Brunswick | 20 | - | - | |||
50. | Kevin Vincent Kennedy | Private | St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador | 20 | - | - | |||
51. | Christopher Paul Stannix | Corporal | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | 24 | - | - | Princess Louise Fusiliers | ||
52. | Allan Stewart | Master Corporal | Newcastle, New Brunswick | 31 | wife | 2 daughters | RCD | 11 April 2007 | Killed by a roadside bomb 38 km west of Kandahar city.[33] |
53. | Patrick James Pentland | Trooper | Geary, New Brunswick | 23 | - | - | |||
54. | Anthony Klumpenhouwer | Master Corporal | Listowel, Ontario | 25 | - | - | Signaller for Canadian Special Operations Forces Command | 18 April 2007 | Fell from a communications tower.[34] |
55. | Matthew McCully | Corporal | Orangeville, Ontario | 25 | - | - | 2 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron | 25 May 2007 | Killed by an IED during a foot patrol. Another Canadian soldier wounded.[8][35] |
56. | Darryl Jason Priede | Master Corporal | Burlington, Ontario | 30 | - | - | 3 Area Support Group | 30 May 2007 | Killed in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash after it was reportedly hit with rocket propelled grenades (RPGs).[36] |
57. | Darryl Caswell | Trooper | Bowmanville, Ontario | 25 | - | - | RCD | 11 June 2007 | Killed by a roadside bomb about 40 km north of Kandahar. Two others wounded in the explosion.[37] |
58. | Christos Karigiannis | Sergeant | Laval, Quebec | 31 | - | - | 3 PPCLI | 20 June 2007 | Killed by an IED while travelling in an open-top, unarmoured all-terrain vehicle in a supply convoy in Panjwaii district west of Kandahar.[38] |
59. | Stephen Frederick Bouzane | Corporal | Scarborough, Ontario | 26 | - | - | |||
60. | Joel Vincent Wiebe | Private | Edmonton, Alberta | 22 | - | - | |||
61. | Matthew Johnathan Dawe | Captain | Kingston, Ontario | 27 | wife | 1 son | 3 PPCLI | 4 July 2007 | All six killed, along with a translator, by a roadside bomb while riding in an RG-31 Nyala armoured vehicle. The attack occurred in Panjwai district.[39][40] |
62. | Jordan Anderson | Corporal | Iqaluit, Nunavut | 25 | wife | - | |||
63. | Cole Bartsch | Corporal | Whitecourt, Alberta | 23 | - | - | |||
64. | Lane Watkins | Private | Clearwater, Manitoba | 20 | - | - | |||
65. | Jefferson Clifford Francis | Captain | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 37 | wife | 1 son | 1 RCHA | ||
66. | Colin Bason | Master Corporal | Abbotsford, British Columbia | 28 | common-law wife | 1 daughter | RWR | ||
67. | Simon Longtin | Private | Longueuil, Quebec | 23 | - | - | 3e Royal 22eRégiment | 19 August 2007 | Killed when the LAVIII he was riding in struck a roadside bomb 5 km east of the village of Masum Ghar.[41] |
68. | Mario Mercier | Master Warrant Officer | Estrie, Quebec | 43 | wife | 2 daughters, 1 son | 2e R22eR | 22 August 2007 | Killed by a roadside bomb planted by retreating insurgents after an hour-long battle in the Zhari district, about 50 km west of Kandahar. A third soldier also wounded.[42][43] |
69. | Christian Duchesne | Master Corporal | Montreal, Quebec | 34 | wife | 3 daughters | 5 Fd Amb | ||
70. | Raymond Ruckpaul | Major | Hamilton, Ontario | 42 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | NATO ALCCHQ/RCD | 29 August 2007 | Found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his room at ISAF headquarters in Kabul. The death was ruled a suicide by both the CFNIS and the Ontario Officer of the Chief Coroner.[44][45] |
71. | Nathan Hornburg | Corporal | Calgary, Alberta | 24 | - | - | KOCR | 24 September 2007 | Killed by mortar attack attempting to repair a Leopard tank.[46] |
72. | Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp | Corporal | Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec | 28 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | 5 Fd Amb | 17 November 2007 | Killed by an IED while travelling in a Light Armoured Vehicle north of Bazar-e Panjwaii.[47] |
73. | Michel Levesque | Private | Rivière-Rouge, Quebec | 25 | fiancée | fiancée pregnant | 3 R22eR | ||
74. | Jonathan Dion | Gunner | Val-d'Or, Quebec | 27 | - | - | 5 RALC | 30 December 2007 | Killed when TLAV struck an IED. Four other Canadians wounded.[8][48] |
30 | TOTAL |
2008
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
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75. | Hani Massouh | Warrant Officer | Alexandria, Egypt | 41 | wife | 1 daughter | 2e R22eR | 6 January 2008 | Killed when their LAV III rolled over in Zhari district of southern Afghanistan.[49][50] |
76. | Eric Labbé | Corporal | Rimouski, Quebec | 31 | - | - | |||
77. | Richard Renaud | Trooper | Alma, Quebec | 26 | wife | 1 stepson, wife pregnant | 12e Régiment blindé du Canada | 15 January 2008 | Killed when Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle struck an IED. Another Canadian wounded.[8][51] |
78. | Etienne Gonthier | Corporal | Quebec City, Quebec | 21 | - | - | 5 CER | 23 January 2008 | Killed in Panjwaii district by roadside bomb during road clearance. Two other Canadians wounded.[8][52] |
79. | Michael Yuki Hayakaze | Trooper | Edmonton, Alberta | 25 | - | - | Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) | 2 March 2008 | Killed in Panjwaii district, 45 km west of Kandahar when his armoured vehicle, part of a supply convoy, hit a roadside bomb.[53] |
80. | Jérémie Ouellet | Bombardier | Matane, Quebec | 22 | - | - | RCHA | 11 March 2008 | Canadian soldier was found dead in an accommodation room. Cause under investigation by Canadian Forces National Investigation Service. Determined to be non-combat related.[54] |
81. | Jason Boyes | Sergeant | Napanee, Ontario | 32 | wife | 1 daughter | 2 PPCLI | 16 March 2008 | A newly arrived Canadian soldier died of his wounds after being injured by an explosive device while on foot patrol in the Panjwai district.[55][56] |
82. | Terry John Street | Private | Gatineau, Quebec | 24 | - | - | 2 PPCLI | 4 April 2008 | Killed when his vehicle was struck by an IED.[57] |
83. | Michael Starker | Corporal | Calgary, Alberta | 36 | wife | - | 15 Fd Amb | 6 May 2008 | Killed in an ambush on a foot patrol in Pashmul region, another Canadian soldier was wounded in the fire fight.[58] |
84. | Richard Leary | Captain | Brantford, Ontario | 32 | wife | - | 2 PPCLI | 3 June 2008 | Killed in a firefight while on a foot patrol in Panjwaii district.[59] |
85. | Jonathan Snyder | Captain | Penticton, British Columbia | 26 | fiancée | - | 1 PPCLI | 7 June 2008 | Died when he fell into a 20-meter deep well while on night patrol in Zhari district, west of Kandahar City.[60] |
86. | Brendan Anthony Downey | Corporal | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 36 | wife | 1 son, wife pregnant | 17 Wing Winnipeg | 4 July 2008 | Died in an unspecified non-combat related incident at Camp Mirage in the United Arab Emirates supporting operations in Afghanistan.[61] |
87. | Colin William Wilmot | Private | Fredericton, New Brunswick | 24 | - | - | 1 Fd Amb | 5 July 2008 | Killed by an IED while on foot-patrol in support of troops from PPCLI in Panjwaii district.[62] |
88. | James (Jim) Hayward Arnal | Corporal | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 25 | - | - | 2 PPCLI | 18 July 2008 | Killed by an Improvised Explosive Device while on a foot patrol in Panjwayi District.[63] |
89. | Joshua (Josh) Brian Roberts | Master Corporal | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 29 | fiancée | fiancée pregnant | 2 PPCLI | 9 August 2008 | Died of injuries following firefight involving coalition forces, insurgents and security personnel from a civilian convoy in Zhari District. A military police investigation said he died from an enemy bullet, as opposed to gunfire from private security personnel, a conclusion his family has questioned.[64][65][66] |
90. | Erin Doyle | Master Corporal | Kamloops, British Columbia | 32 | wife | 1 daughter | 3 PPCLI | 11 August 2008 | Killed (with one soldier injured) in the Panjwayi District when insurgents attacked their combat outpost with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.[67] |
91. | Shawn Allan Eades | Sergeant | Hamilton, Ontario | 33 | wife | 2 daughters | 1 CER | 21 August 2008 | Killed by an IED on Highway 1 in Zhari District while conducting a survey of a route to be used in future operations. A fourth Canadian soldier seriously wounded.[8][68][69] |
92. | Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden | Corporal | Spiritwood, Saskatchewan | 25 | wife | 1 daughter | |||
93. | Stephan John Stock | Sapper | Campbell River, British Columbia | 25 | - | - | |||
94. | Andrew Paul Grenon | Corporal | Windsor, Ontario | 23 | - | - | 2 PPCLI | 3 September 2008 | Killed when armoured fighting vehicle was fired upon "while they were conducting a security patrol in Zharey district". Five other soldiers were wounded.[70][71] |
95. | Michael James Alexander Seggie | Corporal | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 21 | - | - | |||
96. | Chadwick James Horn | Private | Calgary, Alberta | 21 | - | - | |||
97. | Prescott (Scott) Shipway | Sergeant | Esterhazy, Saskatchewan | 36 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | 2 PPCLI | 7 September 2008 | Killed in roadside bomb blast in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province. Seven other Canadians wounded.[72][73] |
98. | Robert John Wilson | Warrant Officer | Keswick, Ontario | 38 | wife | 1 daughter, 1 son | 1 RCR | 5 December 2008 | Killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by the blast from a very large improvised explosive device(IED) in Arghandab district, west of Kandahar City.[74][75] |
99. | Mark Robert McLaren | Corporal | Peterborough, Ontario | 23 | fiancée | - | |||
100. | Demetrios Diplaros | Private | Scarborough, Ontario | 24 | - | - | |||
101. | Thomas James Hamilton | Corporal | Truro, Nova Scotia | 26 | - | 1 daughter | 2 RCR | 13 December 2008 | Killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by the blast from another large roadside IED while on patrol in Arghandab district, approximately 14 km west of Kandahar City and within 1 km of the site of the December 5 deaths.[76][77][78] |
102. | Justin Peter Jones | Private | Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador | 21 | - | - | |||
103. | John Michael Roy Curwin | Private | Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia | 26 | wife | 2 daughters, 1 son | |||
104. | Michael Bruce Freeman | Private | Peterborough, Ontario | 28 | fiancée | - | 3 RCR | 26 December 2008 | Killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) blast while travelling off-road in an armoured vehicle in security operations in the Zhari district about 24 km west of Kandahar city. Three other Canadians wounded.[79][80][81] |
105. | Gaetan Joseph Roberge | Warrant Officer | Hanmer, Ontario | 45 | wife | 4 children | 2e R22eR | 27 December 2008 | Killed by a roadside IED along with two Afghan police officers and Afghan interpreter while inspecting an IED 25 km west of Kandahar city. Four other Canadians wounded.[82][83][84] |
106. | Gregory John Kruse | Sergeant | New Maryland, New Brunswick | 40 | wife | 3 daughters | 2 CER | ||
32 | TOTAL |
2009
Name | Rank | Hometown | Age | Spouse | Children | Unit | Date | Circumstance | |
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107. | Brian Richard Good | corpral (corpral) | Ottawa, Ontario | 42 | Wife | 2 daughters | Royal Canadian Dragoons | 7 January 2009 | Killed by an IED while travelling in an armoured vehicle 35 km north of Kandahar city. ten other Canadians wounded.[85] |
108. | Sean David Greenfield | Sapper (Private) | Pinawa, Manitoba | 25 | - | - | 2 Combat Engineer Regiment | 31 January 2009 | Killed when armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) about 40 kilometres west of Kandahar City in Zhari District.[86][87] |
109. | Dennis Raymond Brown | Warrant Officer | St. Catharines, Ontario | 38 | wife | 3 sons, 1 daughter | Lincoln and Welland Regiment | 4 March 2009 | Killed by a massive roadside bomb that detonated near their armoured Bison vehicle as they headed back to base after having defused another IED that had been called in by the Afghan National Police. Two other Canadian soldiers were wounded in the blast that occurred in the Arghandab District about 10 km northwest of Kandahar city.[88][89][90] |
110. | Dany Oliver Fortin | Corporal | Baie-Comeau, Quebec | 29 | - | - | 3 Wing Bagotville | ||
111. | Kenneth O'Quinn | Corporal | Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador | 25 | fiancée | - | 2 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron | ||
112. | Marc Diab | Trooper | Mississauga, Ontario | 22 | - | - | Royal Canadian Dragoons | 8 March 2009 | Killed when a large IED detonated near his armoured vehicle in the southern Shah Wali Kot district. Four other Canadian soldiers were wounded by the explosion, with three of them having to be evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.[91] |
113. | Scott Vernelli | Master Corporal | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | 28 | wife | 1 daughter | 3 Royal Canadian Regiment | 20 March 2009 | Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while on a mission in Zhari, about 40 km west of Kandahar City, as part of a massive operation to attack Taliban command centres and supply routes. Five other Canadian soldiers wounded in the blast.[92][93][94][95] |
114. | Tyler Crooks | Corporal | Port Colborne, Ontario | 24 | fiancée | - | |||
115. | Jack Bouthillier | Trooper | Hearst, Ontario | 20 | - | - | Royal Canadian Dragoons | Killed when a roadside bomb detonated under their vehicle in the Shah Wali Kot district about 20 km northwest of Kandahar City, while taking part in a massive operation to attack Taliban command centres and supply routes. Three other Canadian soldiers wounded in the blast.[92][93][94][95] | |
116. | Corey Joseph Hayes | Trooper | Ripples, New Brunswick | 22 | - | - | |||
117. | Karine Blais | Cavalier (Soldat) | Les Méchins, Quebec | 21 | - | - | 12e Régiment Blindé du Canada | 13 April 2009 | Killed by an IED while travelling in a light armoured vehicle in the Shah Wali Kot district. Four other Canadian soldiers were wounded in the blast.[96][97] |
118. | Michelle Mendes | Major | Wicklow, Ontario | 30 | husband | - | Chief of Defence Intelligence | 24 April 2009 | Found dead in her accommodation room at Kandahar Air Field; enemy action was ruled out, and, according to a Canadian government source, "all evidence points toward a self-inflicted gunshot wound."[98][99][100] Her death has since been reported as a suicide.[4][5] |
119. | Alexandre Péloquin | Private | Region of Laurentides, Quebec | 20 | - | - | 3 R22eR | 8 June 2009 | Killed by an explosive device while on foot patrol in the southern Afghanistan town of Nakhoney in the Panjwai district. His unit had been involved in a 6-day sweep to find and remove materials used to make IEDs.[101][102] |
120. | Martin Dubé | Cpl. | Quebec City, Quebec | 35 | - | - | 5e Régiment du genie de combat | 14 June 2009 | Killed in the Panjwai district about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city when the explosive device he was trying to defuse detonated. The explosion also killed the police chief of the Panjwai district and seriously wounded an Afghan interpreter.[103][104] |
121. | Nicholas Bulger | Cpl. | Buckhorn, Ontario | 30 | wife | 2 daughters | 3 PPCLI | 3 July 2009 | Killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Zhari district of Kandahar province. The explosion occurred seconds after the bomb was narrowly missed by the vehicle carrying the senior commander of coalition forces in the province. Five other Canadian soldiers were also wounded in the IED blast, with three sustaining injuries serious enough to require evacuation to Germany for further medical treatment.[105][106] |
122. | Charles-Philippe Michaud | Master Corporal | Edmunston, New Brunswick | 28 | wife | - | 3 R22eR | 4 July 2009 | Died in a Quebec City hospital of his wounds sustained 11 days earlier on June 23 when he stepped on a land mine while on foot patrol in the Panjwaii district, southwest of Kandahar city. He had first been evacuated by helicopter to the hospital at Kandahar Airfield, then flown to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre in Germany, before being flown to Quebec City on 28 June, but had never regained consciousness. The extent of his wounds had required amputation of his left leg.[107][108][109] |
123. | Pat Audet | Master Corporal | Montreal, Quebec | 38 | wife | - | 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron | 7 July 2009 | Killed in a CH-146 Griffon helicopter crash possibly caused by mechanical failure or human error, along with a coalition soldier from another country, at an American forward operating base in Zabul province, about 80 km northeast of Kandahar city.[110] Three other Canadian soldiers were injured in the crash.[111] |
124. | Martin Joannette | Corporal | Saint-Calixte, Quebec | 25 | wife | - | 3 R22eR | ||
125. | Sébastien Courcy | Private | St-Hyacinthe, Quebec | 26 | - | - | 2 R22eR | 16 July 2009 | Thrown off a cliff edge after stepping on an IED or landmine while conducting a combat operation in the Panjwayi District. The incident occurred approximately 17 km southwest from Kandahar City during a rare firefight between Canadian troops and insurgents.[112][113][114][115][116][117][118] |
126. | Christian Bobbitt | Corporal | Sept-Îles, Quebec | 23 | wife | - | 5e Régiment du genie de combat | 2 August 2009 | Killed when their resupply convoy was struck by two improvised explosive devices in southern Afghanistan's Zhari district. They had come out of their vehicle to secure the area after the first explosion, when another IED exploded. One other Canadian soldier was seriously wounded in the blast.[119][120][121][122][123] |
127. | Matthieu Allard | Sapper | Val d'Or, Quebec | 21 | - | - | |||
128. | Yannick Pépin | Major | Victoriaville, Quebec | 36 | Wife | 1 son, 1 daughter | 5e Régiment du genie de combat | 6 September 2009 | Killed by a powerful roadside blast while riding in an armoured vehicle as part of a convoy in Dand district southwest of Kandahar city. Pépin was the highest-ranking Canadian soldier to die in combat to date in Afghanistan. Five other Canadian soldiers were also injured in the blast.[124][125] |
129. | Jean-Francois Drouin | Corporal | Quebec City, Quebec | 31 | Wife | - | |||
130. | Patrick Lormand | Private | Chute-a-Blondeau, Ontario | 21 | - | - | 2 R22eR | 14 September 2009 | Killed by a roadside blast when the armoured vehicle he was riding in struck an improvised explosive device (IED) about 13km southwest of Kandahar city. Four other Canadian soldiers were also injured in the blast.[126][127] |
131. | Jonathan Couturier | Private | Loretteville, Quebec | 23 | common-law wife | - | 2 R22eR | 17 September 2009 | Killed by a roadside blast when the armoured vehicle he was riding in struck an improvised explosive device (IED) about 25km southwest of Kandahar city while returning from an operation launched against insurgents in Panjwaii district 11 other Canadian soldiers were also wounded by the blast.[128][129][130] |
132. | Justin Garrett Boyes | Lieutenant | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 26 | wife | 1 son | 3 PPCLI | 28 October 2009 | Killed by an IED in Panjwaii District about 20 km southwest of Kandahar city while leading a foot patrol with Afghan National Police. Two other soldiers were wounded in the blast.[131] [132][133] |
133. | Steven Marshall | Sapper | Calgary, Alberta | 24 | - | - | 1 CER | 30 October 2009 | Killed by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol in Kandahar.[134] |
27 | TOTAL YEAR TO DATE |
Non-fatal casualties
Figures released by DND in December 2008 show that more than 360 soldiers had been wounded in the previous three years of combat involvement.[135] The figures did not distinguish between severe and less serious wounds and did not include minor injuries such as bumps and scratches. As of March, 2007, Maclean's Magazine reported that of the over 300 soldiers who had been wounded to that point, 136 of the injuries were severe enough to see the soldier transported back to Canada for treatment. DND policy does not permit the names of wounded solders to be released.[136]
See also
- Coalition casualties in Afghanistan
- Coalition casualties in Helmand and Kandahar 2009
- Criticism of the War on Terrorism
- Opposition to the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan
- Protests against the invasion of Afghanistan
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External links
- Ottawa Citizen searchable database of Canadian casualties in Afghanistan
- CBC News Indepth: Afghanistan, Canadian casualties
- DND site for Afghanistan casualties
- The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (allows search for information about the dead by name)
- CTV.ca News article listing casualties
- icasualties.org list of Canadian casualties in Afghanistan
- CASR: Hard Numbers – CF Afghanistan Casualties by Vehicle Type, listed Chronologically (up to Feb. 18, 2008)