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U.S.  and Allied Casualties, Sept.  11, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Anti-Terrorist Campaign
 
Last updated Aug. 21, 2002 Printer-Friendly Version

 
KILLED, SEPT. 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS:

New York
World Trade Center 2,691
Hijacked Aircraft 147
 
Washington
Pentagon 125
Hijacked Aircraft 59
 
Pennsylvania
Hijacked Aircraft 40
 
Total
 
3,062

 
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM:

Date of
Incident
Casualties Unit Equipment
Involved
Cause of Loss
KIA WIA  
 
Oct. 12, 2001 1   366th Civil Eng. Sqn., USAF Forklift Accident
 
Oct. 19 2 3 75 Ranger Regt. USA
 
UH-60 Night flying accident
 
Oct. 19   2 75 Ranger Regt. USA N/A Parachute Drop
 
 
Nov. 2   4 USAF Special Operations MH-53
helicopter
 
Weather
Nov. 2     Unknown Predator
UAV
 
Unknown
Nov. 11 1   USS Kitty Hawk   Lost
at sea
 
Nov. 20   4 Special Operations A/MH60
Little Bird helicopter
 
Flying accident
Nov. 25   5 Special Operations U.S. bomb Friendly Fire
 
Nov. 28 1   CIA Directorate of Operations N/A Prisoner Rebellion at Mazar e-Sharif
 
Nov. 29 1   10th Mountain Division (?)
 
N/A Firearm Accident
 
Dec. 5 3 19

1

 

Special Forces

JDAM

N/A

Friendly Fire

Enemy small arms
 

Dec. 6   2 Marines UH-1
Helicopter
Hard landing accident
 
Dec. 12   4 B-1B bomber
Mechanical;
Crashed at sea
 
Dec. 16   3 15th Marine MEU N/A
Mine detonation
 
Dec. 18   1 Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit
 
N/A
Mine detonation
 
Dec. 20   1 10th Mountain Div N/A
Snake bite
 
Jan. 4, 2002 1 1 Special Forces N/A
Hostile small arms fire
 
Jan. 9 7   USMC KC-130
aerial tanker
 
Accident
Jan. 21 2 5 USMC CH-53E
Accident
 
Jan. 24   1 Special Forces N/A
Enemy small arms
 
Jan. 28   14 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault)
 
Ch-47 Chinook helicopter
Crash in dust "brown-out"
 
Jan. 28   5 Army Forklift
Accident
 
Feb. 12   8 Marines MC-130P
Crash accident
 
Feb. 13 1   Army, 7th Trans Bn Ft. Bragg
 
"Heavy Equipment" Accident
 
Feb. 13   2 101st Airborne Division
 
Small arms fire
 
Feb. 16 1   Australian Special Air Service Landmine

 

March 2 1 34 Special Forces 101st Airborne Division and/or 10th Mountain Division
 
  Ground fighting
 
March 4 1   US Navy SEAL
 
  Executed
by enemy
 
4 10 US Army
 
 
 
2 US Air Force
 
 

 

March 6 5
3 Danes
2 Germans
 
7
3 Danes
4 Germans
 
Ordnance Disposal Unit of ISAF
 
Old SA-3 Surface-to-air missile Premature explosion

 

March 21   1 U.S. Army
 
N/A Firefight
 

 
April 9 1 7 U.S. Army
 
N/A Grenade attack
April 9 1 ISAF - UK
 
N/A Accidental gunshot
 
April 15 4 1 710th EOD,
19th SF Group
 
N/A Explosive Ordnance Disposal accident
Sources: BBC OnLine, DoD
 

 

April 18 4 8 3d Bn Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
 
N/A Friendly Fire
 
April 25 2 101st Airborne Division   AH-64A
Apache Helo
 
Accident
May 20 1 19th Special Forces
 
Enemy fire
 
June 12 3 7 USAF and USA Special Forces MC-130 Combat Talon
 
Accident
 
July 2   1 US Army N/A Small arms fire
 
July 17   4 Special Operations support N/A Flying debris from helo propwash
 
July 27 1 4 505 Para Inf Regt
82nd Airborne Div
U.S. Special Forces
 
N/A Firefight
 
Aug 7   1 US Army N/A Firefight
 
Aug. 19   2 Special Forces N/A Firefight
 
 

 
Other Military Casualties in the War on Terrorism:

 
PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN:

 

Date of
Incident
Casualties Unit Equipment
Involved
Cause of Loss
KIA WIA  
 
Feb. 22 8   160th Special Opns Avn Regt
 
MH-47
helicopter
 
Crash at sea
 
Feb. 22 2   353rd Special Opns Group
 
MH-47
helicopter
 
Crash at sea
 
June 7 1 1 U.S. Hostages
 
Hostage rescue

 

Compiled by Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.)
CDI Chief of Research
dsmith@cdi.org
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