Military deaths
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq:
Christopher S. Frost, 24, of Waukesha, Wis.; staff sergeant, Air Force. Frost was killed Monday along with seven members of the Iraqi air force when their Russian-built MI-17 transport helicopter crashed in a sandstorm near Baiji, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
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Steven R. Koch, 23, of Milltown, N. J.; specialist, Army. Koch was one of two paratroopers killed Monday when an improvised explosive device detonated near them outside a government building in Sabari, Afghanistan, southeast of Kabul. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
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Robert T. Rapp, 22, of Sonora, Calif.; sergeant, Army. Rapp was one of two paratroopers killed Monday when an improvised explosive device detonated near them outside a government building in Sabari, Afghanistan, southeast of Kabul. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
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Sources: Department of Defense, Times staff reports and the Associated Press
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War casualties
Total U.S. deaths*:
* In and around Iraq**: 3,974
* In and around Afghanistan***: 416
* Other locations***: 63
*Includes military and Department of Defense-employed civilian personnel killed in action and in nonhostile circumstances
**As of Friday
***As of March 1
Source: Department of Defense
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