AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2008/ APRIL

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Sgt. 1st Class David L. McDowell	30	2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment	Ramona, California	Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked using small-arms fire in Baston, Afghanistan, on April 29, 2008
	Senior Airman Jonathan A. V. Yelner	24	28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron	Lafayette, California	Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb near Bagram, Afghanistan, on April 29, 2008
	Lance Cpl. Jason Marks	27	4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando)	Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia	Killed during a firefight with Taliban fighters approximately 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) southeast of Tarin Kowt in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2008
	Trooper Robert Pearson	22	A Squadron, The Queen's Royal Lancers	Grimsby, England	Killed when his vehicle struck a suspected mine while his unit was providing security for a resupply convoy returning to Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 21, 2008
	Pfc. Mark Schouwink	22	45th Armored Infantry Battalion, 43rd Mechanized Brigade	The Netherlands	One of two Dutch soldiers killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb seven miles (12 kilometers) northwest of Camp Holland in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on April 18, 2008
	1st Lt. Dennis van Uhm	23	45th Armored Infantry Battalion, 43rd Mechanized Brigade	The Netherlands	One of two Dutch soldiers killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb seven miles (12 kilometers) northwest of Camp Holland in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on April 18, 2008
	1st Sgt. Luke J. Mercardante	35	Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Athens, Georgia	One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2008
	Cpl. Kyle W. Wilks	24	Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Rogers, Arkansas	One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2008
	Senior Aircraftman Graham Livingstone	23	Support Weapons Flight, 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment	Strathclyde, Scotland	One of two British airmen killed when their vehicle was struck by an explosion during a patrol at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2008
	Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson	51	504 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force	Nottingham, England	One of two British airmen killed when their vehicle was struck by an explosion during a patrol at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2008
	Pfc. Grzegorz Politowski	28	5 Pulk Inzynieryjny (5th Engineering Regiment)	Golczewo, Poland	Killed when a roadside bomb struck his patrol in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on April 8, 2008
	Pvt. Terry John Street	24	2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Hull, Quebec, Canada	Killed when his armored vehicle struck a suspected roadside bomb in the Panjwayi district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 4, 2008
	Sgt. Nicholas A. Robertson	27	Headquarters Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group	Old Town, Maine	Died on April 3, 2008, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered during combat operations near the Zahn Khan district in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on April 2
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS