Military deaths
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq:
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Bradley S. Coleman, 24, of Martinsville, Va.; private first class, Army. Coleman died of non-combat-related injuries Oct. 29 at Qayyarah Airfield, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 51st Transportation Company, 21st Theater Sustainment Command in Mannheim, Germany.
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Daniel W. Wallace, 27, of Dry Ridge, Ky.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Wallace was killed Oct. 31 when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Badin Kheyl in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, south of Kabul. He was assigned to the 201st Engineer Battalion in Cynthiana, Ky.
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Adam M. Wenger, 27, of Waterford, Mich.; specialist, Army. Wenger died of non-combat-related injuries Wednesday in Tunnis, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.
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Sources: Department of Defense and the Associated Press
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War casualties
TOTAL U.S. DEATHS*
* In and around Iraq: 4,193
* In and around Afghanistan: 556
* Other locations: 66
*Includes military and Department of Defense-employed civilian personnel killed in action and in nonhostile circumstances as of Thursday
Source: Department of Defense
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