At least 619 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 619

As of Thursday, June 4, 2009, at least 619 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Of those, the military reports 456 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 67 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, three were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.

The latest deaths reported by the military:

— No deaths reported.

The latest identifications reported by the military:

— Army Spc. Roberto A. Hernandez II, 21, Far Rockaway, N.Y.; died Tuesday in Paktya, Afghanistan, when his mounted patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire; assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), Fort Stewart, Ga.

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