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| SFC Nathan Ross Chapman-Age-31 San Antonio, Tx US Army 1st Special Forces Group Became the fitrst US military casualty from hostile fire in Afghanistan. He apparently was killed by small arms fire in an ambush near the city of Kost on Jan 4, 2002. Nathan and a CIA officer met with local tribal leaders in Afghanistans Pakita Province where earlier US war planes struck Al-Qaida and Taliban forces for weeks. |
| Chief Petty Officer Mathew J. Bourgeois-Age-35 Tallahasee, Fl US Navy Seal Killed on March 28, 2002 when he stepped on a mine during a early morning training mission near a US base in Kandahar. |
| Lance Corporal Brian P. Bertrand-Age-23 Coos Bay, Or US Marines Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 Among seven Marines killed on Jan 9 2002 when a KC-130 they were on crashed into a mountain before making its landing in Shamsi near Pakistan. |
| Sergeant Bradley S. Crose-Age-22 Orange Park, Fl US Army 75th Ranger Regiment 1st Battalion He was one of six soldiers killed during a firefight on March 3, 2002 while attempting to recover the body of another US soldier whom had fallen from his aircraft after being shot with Rocket propelled Grenades. This had been during a intense assault on suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters. |
| Gunnery Sergeant Stephen L. Bryson-Age-36 Montgomery, Al US Marines Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 He was among the seven Marines killed after the KC-130 they had been in crashed in a mountain near their base near Shamsi Southwestern Pakistan. |
| Staff Sergeant Brian Craig-Age-27 Houston, Tx US Army 710 Ordance Company He was one of four US soldiers killed after Soviet-era missles they were trying to destroy exploded by acccident north of Kandahar. |
| Master Sergeant Evander Earl Andrews-Age-36 Salon, Maine US Airforce 366th Civil Engineer Squadron He was killed in a forklift accident while building a airstrip in Aludeid Qatar in October 2001. |
| Private First Class Mathew Commons-Age-21 Boulder City, Nv US Army 75th Ranger Regiment 1st Battalion He was one of six soldiers killed during a firefight on March 3, 2002 while attempting to recover the body of a US soldier who had fallen from his aircraft after being hit by Rocket propelled Grenades. |
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