AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2007/ DECEMBER

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Pfc. Brian L. Gorham	21	1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team	Woodburn, Kentucky	Died on December 31, 2007, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on December 12, 2007
	Gunner Jonathan Dion	27	5th Régiment d'Artillerie légère (5th Light Artillery Regiment)	Gatineau, Canada	Killed when his armored vehicle struck a suspected roadside bomb during a routine patrol 12.4 miles (20 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 30, 2007
	Senior Airmen Nicholas D. Eischen	24	60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis Air Force Base	Sanger, California	Died of a non-combat related incident at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on December 24, 2007. The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.
	Cpl. Joshua C. Blaney	25	1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade	Matthews, North Carolina	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb at Forward Operating Base Curry, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2007
	Staff Sgt. Michael J. Gabel	30	1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade	Crowley, Louisiana	One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb at Forward Operating Base Curry, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2007
	Staff Sgt. Gregory L. Elam	39	54th Quartermaster Company, 49th Quartermaster Group, 101st Airborne Division	Columbus, Georgia	Died as a result of a non-combat related illness in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2007. His death is under investigation.
	Cpl. Tanner J. O'Leary	23	1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division	Eagle Butte, South Dakota	Died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb exploded in Musa Qal'eh, Afghanistan, on December 9, 2007
	Sgt. Lee Johnson	33	2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment	Stockton-on-Tees, England	Killed when a suspected mine detonated near his vehicle during operations to recapture Musa Qalah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 8, 2007
	Trooper Jack Sadler	21	4/73 Special Observation Battery, Brigade Reconnaissance Force	Devon, England	Killed when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb during a tactical patrol north of Sangin in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2007
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS