AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2002/ DECEMBER

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Sgt. Steven Checo	22	Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division	New York, New York	Shot and killed in a gunfight while on a nighttime operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, near the border of Pakistan, on December 20, 2002
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS