AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2006/ JULY

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Sgt. Bart van Boxtel	29	11th Airmobile Infantry Battalion, Airmobile Brigade, Royal Dutch Army	The Netherlands	One of two Dutch servicemen killed when a civilian MI-8 helicopter crashed in rugged mountain terrain in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2006
	Lt. Col. Jan van Twist	47	Royal Dutch Air Force	The Netherlands	One of two Dutch servicemen killed when a civilian MI-8 helicopter crashed in rugged mountain terrain in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2006
	Spc. Andrew Velez	22	Corps Support Battalion, Theater Support Command	Lubbock, Texas	Committed suicide by shooting himself in Sharona, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2006. His brother, Spc. Jose A. Velez, was killed in Iraq in November 2004.
	Sgt. David M. Hierholzer	27	Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division	Lewisburg, Tennessee	Died of injuries sustained when his platoon encountered enemy forces small arms fire in Pesch, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2006
	Cpl. Francisco Gomez	44	1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Edmonton, Canada	One of two Canadian soldiers killed when a suicide car bomber rammed their Bison troop carrier as their military convoy was returning to their base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 23, 2006
	Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren	29	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Montreal, Canada	One of two Canadian soldiers killed when a suicide car bomber rammed their Bison troop carrier as their military convoy was returning to their base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 23, 2006
	1st Sgt. Christopher C. Rafferty	37	Company C, 37th Engineer Battalion	Brownsville, Pennyylvania	Died on July 21, 2006 as a result of shrapnel wounds suffered on July 20 while he was coordinating a response to a mortar and possible rocket-propelled grenade attack in Sharana, Afghanistan.
	Staff Sgt Eric Caban	28	Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group	Fort Worth, Texas	Died on July 19, 2006, in southern Afghanistan of injuries sustained when his combat reconnaissance patrol came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations on July 18
	Staff Sgt. Robert J. Chiomento	34	Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division	Fort Dix, New Jersey	Killed when his patrol encountered enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and mortars in Khwaya Ahmad, Afghanistan, on July 17, 2006
	Sgt. Robert P. Kassin	29	Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division	Las Vegas, Nevada	Died when his platoon encountered enemy forces small-arms fire during combat operations at Larzab Base, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2006
	Cpl. Anthony Joseph Boneca	21	Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, Canadian Army Reserve	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Killed in a firefight with Taliban fighters 15 miles (25 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 9, 2006
	Soldado Jorge Arnaldo Hernandez	26	Brigada Paracaidista (Parachute Brigade), Spanish Army	Peru	Killed when an anti-tank mine was remotely detonated near his vehicle while on patrol in Farah province in western Afghanistan, on July 8, 2006
	Pfc. Kevin F. Edgin	31	Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division	Dyersburg, Tennessee	Killed when his convoy encountered enemy small-arms fire in Baghran Valley, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2006
	Pvt. Damien Jackson	19	3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment	South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England	Killed in a firefight with Taliban forces that occurred during a security patrol to clear a helicopter landing site at Sangin in central Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 5, 2006
	Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey A. McLochlin	45	Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard	Rochester, Indiana	Killed when his unit encountered enemy forces using small-arms fire during a patrol in Orgun-E, Afghanistan, on July 5, 2006
	Chief Warrant Officer 3 William T. Flanigan	37	R Troop, 4th Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard	Milan, Tennessee	Killed when his AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed shortly after take off from Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan on July 2, 2006
	Lt. Col. Carlo Liguori	41	Civil-Military cooperation team, Italian Army	Sabaudia, Italy	Died of a heart attack in Herat, Afghanistan on July 2, 2006
	Lance Cpl. Jabron Hashmi	24	Intelligence Corps	Birmingham, England	One of two British soldiers killed in a Taliban attack on the British base in Sangin, Helmand province in Afghanistan on July 1, 2006
	Cpl. Peter Thorpe	27	Royal Signals	Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England	One of two British soldiers killed in a Taliban attack on the British base in Sangin, Helmand province in Afghanistan on July 1, 2006
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS