924 Fallen Warriors in SW Asia latest range from 19 to 30 years old.

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The Associated Press (AP) reported that as of Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at least 924 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.

The AP count is three more than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated on 26 Feb at 10 a.m. EDT.

The most recent 11 troops killed in SW Asia and released publicly by DoD ranged in age from two 19 year young being the youngest,20, two 22, a 24 year young, two 27, 29, and a 30 year YOUNG man.

Robert L. Hanafin, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired, VT News

717 Troops Killed in Hostile Action

Of the 924, at least 717 military personnel died in the Afghan region as a result of hostile action, according to the Pentagon’s numbers.

Outside the Afghan region, the department reports 76 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Of those, eight were the result of hostile action.

The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

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