Afghan war causes 500 U.S. service deaths

Published: Sept. 2, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Order reprints
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Military officials say a sailor from Lexington, N.C., was the 500th U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan since the war's start in 2001.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Harris, 36, died Saturday, CNN reported Tuesday. Harris was one of 22 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in August.

In June, 28 U.S. service members died in Afghanistan -- the U.S. military's highest number of casualties there in one month, CNN reported.

Since the start of the war, 940 U.S.-led coalition troops have died in Afghanistan, including Americans.


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.



Logano holds on for Nationwide win (58 min)
MLB: Texas 6, Seattle 4
MLB: Atlanta 4, Colorado 1
MLB: LA Angels 10, N.Y. Yankees 6
Man charged with blasting porn soundtrack
NOAA: El Nino developing in Pacific
Weather could delay shuttle launch
fark
Not news: Police spokesman sends out mugshot to a TV station. News: It was the wrong photo. Fark:...
Emergency evacuation of 747, pants before or after noxious odor spilled into cabin
Iran condemns Italy for "violent suppression of justice-seeking protesters by the Italian police"...
Only the Royals would consider Yuniesky Betancourt a 'major trade'. Second paragraph- 'Betancourt,...
Probably the most spectacularly disturbing suicide you'll read about today
Photoshop these creepy earrings