The bodies of Cpl. Mark McLaren, Pte. Demetrios Diplaros and Warrant Officer Robert Wilson were returned to Canada on Monday. (DND) (Photo from the CBC)From Toronto:
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Since 2002, 107 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have died during the Afghanistan mission. Here is a list of the deaths:
2009
Jan. 6 – Trooper Brian Richard Good, killed in IED blast near his armoured vehicle in district of Shah Wali Kowt, 35 kilometres north of Kandahar city.
2008
Dec. 27 – Warrant Officer Gaetan Roberge and Sgt. Gregory John Kruse were killed by a roadside bomb during a security patrol in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province.
Dec. 26 – Private Michael Freeman was killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Zhari district.
Dec. 13 – Cpl. Thomas James Hamilton, Pte. John Michael Roy Curwin and Pte. Justin Peter Jones, all members of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment based at CFB Gagetown, N.B., killed in explosion that hit their vehicle about 14 kilometres west of Kandahar city.
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