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Daily U.S. Casualties

By Associated Press
Published: 11/1/2009 2:38 AM
Last Modified: 11/1/2009 5:46 AM

Afghanistan: As of Saturday, at least 831 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

No new deaths were reported by the military.

The latest identifications reported by the military:

Air Force civilian Frank R. Walker, 66, Oklahoma City; died Wednesday of noncombat related medical causes at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan; assigned to the 72nd Civil Engineering Directorate, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

Army Pfc. Brian R. Bates, Jr., 20, Gretna, La.; died Tuesday in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

The following seven soldiers died Monday of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter they were aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Montgomery, Lyons, McNabb, Hernandez Chavez and Mueller were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; Metzger and Bishop were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.:

Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael P. Montgomery, 36, Savannah, Ga.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Niall Lyons, 40, Spokane, Wash.

Army Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, 24, Terrell, Texas.

Army Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez, 23, Reno, Nev.

Army Sgt. Nikolas A. Mueller, 26, Little Chute, Wis.

Army Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, San Diego

Army Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, 28, Medford, N.Y.

Iraq: As of Saturday, at least 4,354 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The latest deaths reported by the military:

A soldier died Friday of noncombat related injuries sustained in a vehicle accident.

No new identifications were reported by the military.

From The Associated Press and www.defenselink.mil/news/

By Associated Press

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