Canada's role in the invasion of Afghanistan/Sandbox

Canada has suffered 26 fatalities involving soldiers in Afghanistan. A Canadian diplomat has also been killed. These fatalities include three to vehicular accidents and five, possibly six, to friendly fire.

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| style="background: #eee; width: 10%; text-align: center" | ''Rank''
| style="background: #eee; width: 15%; text-align: center" | ''Name''
| style="background: #eee; width: 20%; text-align: center" | ''Unit''
| style="background: #eee; width: 10%; text-align: center" | ''Date''
| style="background: #eee; width: 35%; text-align: center" | ''Circumstance''
| style="background: #eee; width: 10%; text-align: center" | ''References''
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Sergeant]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Marc Léger|Marc D. Leger]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | [[18 April]] [[2002]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | ''Main article: [[Afghanistan friendly fire incident]]''
Four soldiers are killed and eight wounded when an [[United States|American]] [[F-16]] fighter jet, piloted by U.S. [[Air National Guard]] Major [[Harry Schmidt (Air National Guard)|Harry Schmidt]], dropped a laser-guided 225-kilogram bomb on the Canadians who were on an exercise at [[Tarnak Farm]], near [[Kandahar]].
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/friendlyfire/]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Corporal]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Ainsworth Dyer]]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Private (rank)|Private]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Richard Green (soldier)|Richard Green]]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Private
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Nathan Lloyd Smith|Nathan Smith]]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Sergeant
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Robert Alan Short
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | Third battalion, [[Royal Canadian Regiment]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | [[2 October]] [[2003]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | [[Landmine]] incident along a road regularly used by Canadian patrols leaving [[Camp Julien]]. The mines are believed to have been placed along the road two hours before the patrol.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20031002.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Jamie Brendan Murphy
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Royal Canadian Regiment
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[27 January]], [[2004]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Victim of a [...] bombing while on patrol in a [[Iltis]] jeep.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20040127.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Private
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Braun Scott Woodfield
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Second battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[24 November]], [[2005]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Died in a [[LAV-III]] rollover on the main highway between Camp Julien and Kandahar.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20051124.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Senior Foreign Affairs officer
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Glyn Berry]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Government of Canada]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[15 January]], [[2006]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Died in a [...] attack while being transported in an armoured [[G-wagon]].
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20060115.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Master Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Timothy Wilson
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | ''Unknown''
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | [[March 2]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | Vehicular accident involving a [[LAV-III]] and a local taxi. Five others also injured.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20060302.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Paul Davis
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Private
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Robert Costall
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | First battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[29 March]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Died while defending a coalition outpost outside Kandahar from Taliban insurgents, reportedly by American machine gun fire.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20060329.html] [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060731/afghanistan_probe_060807/20060807?hub=TopStories]
[http://milnewstbay.pbwiki.com/f/MEDSUMREP2006.02.14.pdf]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Matthew Dinning
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | ''Unknown''
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | [[22 April]] 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | All four died when their armoured jeep struck a [[improvised explosive device]] North of Kandahar.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20060422.html] [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/22/afghanistan-deaths060422.html] [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060416/afghanistan_soldier_060422/20060422/]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Lieutenant]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | William Turner
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Bombardier]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Myles Mansell
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Randy Payne
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Captain]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Nichola Goddard
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[17 May]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Killed during operations against insurgents. Goddard was the first Canadian woman to die in combat since [[World War II|WWII]].
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/20060517.html] [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/05/17/afghanistan-cda.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Anthony Boneca
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[Lake Superior Scottish Regiment]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[9 July]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Killed during combat operations against Taliban insurgents.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/09/soldier-afghanistan.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Francisco Gomez
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | [[22 July]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | Two soldiers are killed, and eight wounded when their [[Bison armoured personnel carrier|Bison]] armoured vehicle is attacked by a [...] bomber.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="2" | [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/22/soldiers.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Jason Patrick Warren
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada|Royal Highland Regiment]]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Christopher Jonathan Reid
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | [[3 August]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Killed by a roadside bomb while in an armoured vehicle.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="4" | [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/08/03/canada-afghanistan.html]
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Sergeant
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Vaughn Ingram
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" rowspan="3" | All three soldiers killed, and nine wounded, during a [[Rocket propelled grenade|RPG]] attack by insurgents.
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Bryce Jeffrey Keller
|-
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Private
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Kevin Dallaire
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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Master corporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Jeffrey Scott Walsh
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[9 August]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Killed by the accidental discharge of a comrade's rifle while on patrol west of Kandahar. He had been in theater for less than a week.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/08/09/soldier-canadian.html] [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060731/afghanistan_template_060809/20060809?hub=World]

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| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Coporal
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Andrew James Eykelenboom
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[1st Field Ambulance]]
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [[11 August]], 2006
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | Killed by a [...] bomber while on a [[NATO]] patrol in a G-Wagon light utility vehicle.
| style="background: #fff; text-align: center" | [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/08/11/aghan-attack.html] [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/08/12/eykelenboom-afghanistan.html]
[[Category:Military history of Canada]]