Canadian Soldier Death Toll Stands at 71 in Afghanistan
September 24 , 2007
Cpl. Nathan Hornburg
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Killed while working to repair a broken tread on a leopard tank. |
August 26, 2007
Maj. Raymond Ruckpaul
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Maj. Raymond Ruckpaul was found dead in his room at about 7:30 a.m. from a gunshot wound.
Neither murder, suicide nor accidental discharge of the firearm have been ruled out as possible reasons for the death. |
August 22, 2007
Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne
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Master Warrant Office Mario Mercier
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Two Canadian soldiers were killed when their light armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device during a patrol. |
August 19, 2007
Pte Simon Longtin
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Pte Simon Longtin was killed after the vehicle he was traveling in, a LAV III, struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). |
July 4, 2007
Capt. Matthew Johnathan Dawe
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Cpl. Cole Bartsch
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Pte. Lane Watkins
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Master-Cpl. Colin Bason
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Cpl. Jordan Anderson
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Capt. Jefferson Francis
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Six more killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle. |
June 20, 2007
Sgt.-Christos-Karigiannis
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Cpl. Stephen Frederick Bouzane
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Pte. Joel Vincent Wiebe
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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
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Trooper Darryl Caswell was killed when the armoured vehicle he was driving was ripped apart by an improvised explosive device en route to a remote NATO base in Afghanistan since 2002. |
May 30, 2007
Master Cpl. Darrell Jason Priede
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Master Cpl. Darrell Jason Priede was the 56th Canadian service member killed since 2002. |
May 25, 2007
Corp. Matthew McCully
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Killed when a road-side bomb exploded near him during Operation Hoover |
April 18, 2007
Master Cpl. Anthony Klumpenhouwer
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A special operations soldier died in an accident when he fell while climbing a communications tower. |
April 11, 2007
Master Cpl. Allan Stewart
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Trooper Patrick James Pentland
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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
Sgt. Donald Lucas
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Pte. Kevin Kennedy
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Cpl. Aaron E. Williams
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Pte. David R. Greenslade
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Cpl. Christopher P. Stannix
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Cpl. Brent Poland
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Six Canadian soldiers died in southern Afghanistan as a result of injuries sustained when the vehicle they were travelling in hit an explosive device. |
March 6, 2007
Cpl. Kevin Megeney
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A member of 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders is 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
Chief Warrant Officer Albert Storm
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Sgt. Maj. Bob Girouard
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Both were killed on the outskirts of Kandahar when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of military vehicles. |
October 14, 2006
Sgt. Darcy Tedford
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Pte. Blake Williamson
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Both killed by gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades. |
October 7, 2006
Mark Andrew Wilson
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Killed when his armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside explosion in the Panjwaii district. |
October 3, 2006
Sgt. Craig Gillam
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Cpl. Robert Mitchell
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Both killed in series of mortar, rocket attacks just west of Kandahar city. |
September 29, 2006
Pte. Josh Klukie
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Killed by an improvised explosive device, while he was conducting a foot patrol in the Panjwaii district in Kandahar province. |
September 18, 2006
Cpl Shane Keating
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Cpl Keith Morley
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Pte. David Byers
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Cpl. Glen Arnold
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Killed when a suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated explosives in the Panjwai area. |
September 4, 2006
Pte. Mark Anthony Graham
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killed 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
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Sergeant Shane Stachnik
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Pte. William Jonathan James Cushley
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All four were killed in fierce fighting in southern Afghanistan. |
August 22, 2006
Corp. David Braun
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Killed by a suicide bomber outside the gates of Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City. |
August 11, 2006
Cpl. Andrew James Eykelenboom
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Killed when his vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber. |
Aug. 9, 2006
Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh
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Was shot in a "weapons related accident" unrelated to enemy fire. |
Aug. 5, 2006
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Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt
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Killed when a G-Wagon making a supply run collided with a civilian truck. |
; Aug. 3, 2006
Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid
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Sgt. Vaughn Ingram
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Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller
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Cpl. Christopher Jonathan Reid died overnight when a Canadian Light Armoured Vehiclewas 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 - Sgt. Vaughn Ingram, Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller, and the fourth was not identified. |
July 22, 2006
Cpl. Francisco Gomez
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Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren
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Both killed by a suicide bomber in Kandahar |
July 9, 2006
Cpl. Anthony Joseph Boneca
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Killed as Canadian military and Afghan security forces were pushing through an area west of Kandahar City. |
May 17, 2006
Capt. Nichola Goddard
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Killed during battle against Taliban forces in the Panjwai region. |
April 22, 2006
Cpl. Matthew Dinning
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Bombardier Myles Mansell
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Lieut. William Turner
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Cpl. Randy Payne
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All were killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near Gombad. |
March 28, 2006
Pte. Robert Costall
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Killed in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in the desert north of Kandahar |
March 5, 2006
Master Cpl. Timothy Wilson
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Diea as a result of injuries suffered in the LAV III crash on March 2 in Afghanistan. Wilson died in hospital in Germany. |
March 2, 2006
Cpl. Paul Davis
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Killed when the LAV III he was travelling in collided with a civilian taxi just west of Kandahar during a routine patrol. |
Jan. 15, 2006
Diplomat Glyn Berry
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Killed by a suicide bomber in Kandahar. |
Nov. 24, 2005
Pte. Braun Scott Woodfield
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Killed in a traffic accident involving his light-armoured vehicle (LAV III) northeast of Kandahar. |
Jan. 27, 2004
Cpl. Jamie Murphy
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Killed by a suicide bomber while patrolling near Camp Julien in an Iltis jeep. |
Oct. 2, 2003
Sgt. Robert Alan Short
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Cpl. Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
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Both killed when their Iltis jeep struck a roadside bomb outside Camp Julien near Kabul. |
April 17, 2002
Sgt. Marc D. Leger
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Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer
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Pte. Richard A. Green
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Pte. Nathan Smith
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All four 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. |
Peace.
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