U.S. MILITARY DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN

By The Associated Press

July 7, 2006

As of July 7, 2006, at least 254 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

Of those, the military reports 153 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 56 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two are the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Djibouti, Eritrea, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Yemen.

There was also one military civilian death and four CIA officer deaths.The latest deaths reported by the military:

• No deaths reported.

The latest identifications reported by the military:

• Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 William T. Flanigan, 37, Milan, Tenn.; killed Sunday when his helicopter crashed in Kandahar; assigned to the Army National Guard's 4th Squadron, 278th Armor Cavalry Regiment, Jackson, Tenn.

• Army Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey A. McLochlin, 45, Rochester, Ind.; killed Wednesday by small arms fire in southern Afghanistan; assigned to the Army National Guard's 52nd Infantry Regiment, Marion, Ind.