Daily U.S. Casualties
BY Associated Press
Saturday, June 30, 2012
6/30/12 at 3:02 AM
Afghanistan: As of Friday, at least 1,892 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
The latest deaths reported by the military:
Two soldiers died Wednesday in Maidan Shahr, Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Killed were:
- 1st Lt. Stephen C. Prasnicki, 24, of Lexington, Va., assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany, and
- Sgt. James L. Skalberg Jr., 25, of Cullman, Ala., assigned to 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
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