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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Since 2002, 106 Canadian soldiers have been killed serving in the Afghanistan mission. One diplomat and two aid workers have also been killed.
First name | Last name | Rank | Unit | Province | Date of incident | |
Gregory | Kruse | Sergeant | 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | December 27, 2008 | |
Gaetan | Roberge | Warrant officer | Royal 22nd Regiment | Ontario | December 27, 2008 | |
Michael | Freeman | Private | 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | December 26, 2008 | |
John | Curwin | Private | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Nova Scotia | December 13, 2008 | |
Thomas | Hamilton | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Nova Scotia | December 13, 2008 | |
Justin | Jones | Private | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Newfoundland | December 13, 2008 | |
Demetrios | Diplaros | Private | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | December 5, 2008 | |
Mark | McLaren | Corporal | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | December 5, 2008 | |
Robert | Wilson | Warrant officer | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | December 5, 2008 | ||
Prescott | Shipway | Sergeant | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Saskatchewan | September 7, 2008 | |
Andrew | Grenon | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Ontario | September 3, 2008 | |
Chad | Horn | Private | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Alberta | September 3, 2008 | |
Mike | Seggie | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Manitoba | September 3, 2008 | |
Shawn | Eades | Sergeant | 1 Combat Engineer Regiment | Ontario | August 20, 2008 | |
Stephan | Stock | Sapper | 1 Combat Engineer Regiment | British Columbia | August 20, 2008 | |
Dustin | Wasden | Corporal | 1 Combat Engineer Regiment | Saskatchewan | August 20, 2008 | |
Erin | Doyle | Master Corporal | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | British Columbia | August 11, 2008 | |
Josh | Roberts | Master Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry | Saskatchewan | August 9, 2008 | |
James | Arnal | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry | Manitoba | July 18, 2008 | |
Colin | Wilmot | Private | 1 Field Ambulance | Alberta | July 6, 2008 | |
Brendan | Downey | Corporal | Military Police Detachment | Saskatchewan | July 4, 2008 | |
Jonathan | Snyder | Captain | 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | British Columbia | June 7, 2008 | |
Richard | Leary | Captain | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Ontario | June 3, 2008 | |
Michael | Starker | Corporal | 15th Field Ambulance | Alberta | May 6, 2008 | |
Terry | Street | Private | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Quebec | April 4, 2008 | |
Jason | Boyes | Sergeant | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Manitoba | March 16, 2008 | |
Jérémie | Ouellet | Bombardier | 1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery | Quebec | March 11, 2008 | |
Michael | Hayakaze | Trooper | Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) | Alberta | March 2, 2008 | |
Étienne | Gonthier | Corporal | 5e Régiment du génie de combat | Quebec | January 23, 2008 | |
Richard | Renaud | Trooper | 12e Régiment blindé du Canada | Quebec | January 15, 2008 | |
Eric | Labbé | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment | Quebec | January 6, 2008 | |
Hani | Massouh | Warrant officer | 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment | Quebec | January 6, 2008 | |
Jonathan | Dion | Gunner | 5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada | Quebec | December 30, 2007 | |
Nicolas | Beauchamp | Corporal | 5th Field Ambulance, 5 Area Support Group | Quebec | November 17, 2007 | |
Michel | Lévesque | Private | 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment | Quebec | November 17, 2007 | |
Nathan | Hornburg | Corporal | The King's Own Calgary Regiment | Alberta | September 24, 2007 | |
Raymond | Ruckpaul | Major | Armoured Corps, The Royal Canadian Dragoons | Ontario | August 29, 2007 | |
Christian | Duchesne | Master corporal | 5th Field Ambulance, 5 Area Support Group | Quebec | August 22, 2007 | |
Mario | Mercier | Master Warrant officer | 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment | Quebec | August 22, 2007 | |
Simon | Longtin | Private | 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment | Quebec | August 19, 2007 | |
Jordan | Anderson | Corporal | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Nunavut | July 4, 2007 | |
Cole | Bartsch | Corporal | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Alberta | July 4, 2007 | |
Colin | Bason | Master corporal | The Royal Westminster Regiment | British Columbia | July 4, 2007 | |
Matthew | Dawe | Captain | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Ontario | July 4, 2007 | |
Jefferson | Francis | Captain | 1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery | New Brunswick | July 4, 2007 | |
Lane | Watkins | Private | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Manitoba | July 4, 2007 | |
Stephen | Bouzane | Corporal | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Newfoundland and Labrador | June 20, 2007 | |
Christos | Karigiannis | Sergeant | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Quebec | June 20, 2007 | |
Joel | Wiebe | Private | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Alberta | June 20, 2007 | |
Darryl | Caswell | Trooper | Royal Canadian Dragoons | Ontario | June 11, 2007 | |
Darrell | Priede | Master corporal | Army News Team, 3 Area Support Group | Ontario | May 30, 2007 | |
Matthew | McCully | Corporal | 2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signal Squadron | Ontario | May 25, 2007 | |
Anthony | Klumpenhouwer | Master corporal | Canadian Special Operations Forces Command | Ontario | April 18, 2007 | |
Patrick | Pentland | Trooper | Royal Canadian Dragoons | New Brunswick | April 11, 2007 | |
Allan | Stewart | Master corporal | Royal Canadian Dragoons | New Brunswick | April 11, 2007 | |
David | Greenslade | Private | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | New Brunswick | April 8, 2007 | |
Kevin | Kennedy | Private | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Newfoundland and Labrador | April 8, 2007 | |
Donald | Lucas | Sergeant | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Newfoundland and Labrador | April 8, 2007 | |
Brent | Poland | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | April 8, 2007 | |
Christopher | Stannix | Corporal | Princess Louise Fusiliers | Nova Scotia | April 8, 2007 | |
Aaron | Williams | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | New Brunswick | April 8, 2007 | |
Kevin | Megeney | Corporal | 1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North) | Nova Scotia | March 6, 2007 | |
Robert | Girouard | Chief Warrant officer | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | New Brunswick | November 27, 2006 | |
Albert | Storm | Corporal | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | November 27, 2006 | |
Darcy | Tedford | Sergeant | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Alberta | October 14, 2006 | |
Blake | Williamson | Private | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | October 14, 2006 | |
Mark | Wilson | Trooper | Royal Canadian Dragoons | Ontario | October 7, 2006 | |
Craig | Gillam | Sergeant | Royal Canadian Dragoons | Newfoundland and Labrador | October 3, 2006 | |
Robert | Mitchell | Corporal | Royal Canadian Dragoons | Ontario | October 3, 2006 | |
Josh | Klukie | Private | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | September 29, 2006 | |
Glen | Arnold | Corporal | 2nd Field Ambulance | Ontario | September 18, 2006 | |
David | Byers | Private | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Ontario | September 18, 2006 | |
Shane | Keating | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Saskatchewan | September 18, 2006 | |
Keith | Morley | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Manitoba | September 18, 2006 | |
Mark | Graham | Private | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | September 4, 2006 | |
William | Cushley | Private | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | September 3, 2006 | |
Frank | Mellish | Warrant officer | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Nova Scotia | September 3, 2006 | |
Richard | Nolan | Warrant officer | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Newfoundland and Labrador | September 3, 2006 | |
Shane | Stachnik | Sergeant | 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment | Alberta | September 3, 2006 | |
David | Braun | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Saskatchewan | August 22, 2006 | |
Andrew | Eykelenboom | Corporal | 1st Field Ambulance | British Columbia | August 11, 2006 | |
Jeffrey | Walsh | Master corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Saskatchewan | August 9, 2006 | |
Raymond | Arndt | Master corporal | The Loyal Edmonton Regiment | Alberta | August 5, 2006 | |
Kevin | Dallaire | Private | 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Alberta | August 3, 2006 | |
Vaughan | Ingram | Sergeant | 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Newfoundland and Labrador | August 3, 2006 | |
Bryce | Keller | Corporal | 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Saskatchewan | August 3, 2006 | |
Christopher | Reid | Corporal | 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Nova Scotia | August 3, 2006 | |
Francisco | Gomez | Corporal | 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Alberta | July 22, 2006 | |
Jason | Warren | Corporal | The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada | Quebec | July 22, 2006 | |
Anthony | Boneca | Corporal | Lake Superior Scottish Regiment | Ontario | July 9, 2006 | |
Nichola | Goddard | Captain | 1st Royal Canadian Horse Artillery | Alberta | May 17, 2006 | |
Matthew | Dinning | Corporal | 2nd Military Police Platoon | Ontario | April 22, 2006 | |
Myles | Mansell | Bombardier | 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment | British Columbia | April 22, 2006 | |
Randy | Payne | Corporal | CFB/ASU Wainwright Military Police Platoon | Ontario | April 22, 2006 | |
William | Turner | Lieutenant | Land Force Western Area Headquarters | Ontario | April 22, 2006 | |
Robert | Costall | Private | 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Ontario | March 29, 2006 | |
Paul | Davis | Corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Nova Scotia | March 2, 2006 | |
Timothy | Wilson | Master corporal | 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Alberta | March 2, 2006 | |
Glyn | Berry | Diplomat | Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada | Wales | January 15, 2006 | |
Braun | Woodfield | Private | 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Nova Scotia | November 24, 2005 | |
Jamie | Murphy | Corporal | 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Newfoundland and Labrador | January 27, 2004 | |
Robbie | Beerenfenger | Corporal | 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | Ontario | October 2, 2003 | |
Robert | Short | Sergeant | 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment | New Brunswick | October 2, 2003 | |
Ainsworth | Dyer | Corporal | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Quebec | April 18, 2002 | |
Richard | Green | Private | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Nova Scotia | April 18, 2002 | |
Marc | Léger | Sergeant | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Ontario | April 18, 2002 | |
Nathan | Smith | Private | 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | Nova Scotia | April 18, 2002 |