Showing posts with label Kandahar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kandahar. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2011

Bombardier Karl Manning

Bombardier Manning
Name: Karl Manning
Rank: Bombardier
Age: 31
Unit: 5th Light Artillery Regiment
Hometown: Chicoutimi, Quebec
Date: May 27, 2011
Cause: Non-combat related wounds

Monday, March 28, 2011

Corporal Yannick Scherrer

Cpl. Scherrer
Name: Yannick Scherrer
Rank: Corporal
Age: 24
Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment
Hometown: Montreal
Date: March 27, 2011
Cause: Roadside bomb

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Canadian families visit Kandahar for memorial service

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The families of 10 Canadians killed in Afghanistan paid tribute Sunday to their loved ones in what could be the last ceremony of its kind before combat operations end in the war-torn country, CTV News said today.

Among those present was the father of Captain Nichola Goddard who was the first Canadian female soldier to be killed in action, and the brother of Sergeant George Miok who was killed by improvised explosive device in 2009.

Since Canada's mission began in 2002, 154 military personnel, two aid workers, a journalist and a diplomat have died in Afghanistan.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Trooper Larry Rudd

Trp. Larry Rudd
Name: Larry Rudd
Rank: Trooper
Age: 26
Unit: Royal Canadian Dragoons
Hometown: Brantford, Ontario
Date: May 24, 2010
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Corporal Joshua Baker

Cpl. Joshua Baker
Name: Joshua Caleb Baker
Rank: Corporal
Age: 24
Unit: 4th Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: February 12, 2010
Cause: Training Accident, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sergeant John Faught

Sgt. John Faught
Name: John Faught
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 44
Unit: 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Date: January 16, 2010
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Sergeant George Miok

Sgt. George Miok
Name: George Miok
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 28
Unit: 41 Combat Engineer Regiment
Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: December 30, 2009
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Sergeant Kirk Taylor

Sgt. Kirk Taylor
Name: Kirk Taylor
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 28
Unit: 84 Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery
Hometown: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: December 30, 2009
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Corporal Zachery McCormack

Cpl. Zachary McCormack
Name: Zachery McCormack
Rank: Corporal
Age: 21
Unit: 4th Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: December 30, 2009
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Private Garrett Chidley

Pvt. Garrett Chidley
Name: Garrett William Chidley
Rank: Private
Age: 21
Unit: 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Hometown: Cambridge, Ontario
Date: December 30, 2009
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Friday, October 30, 2009

Sapper Steven Marshall

Steven Marshall
Name: Steven Marshall
Rank: Sapper
Age: 24
Unit: 1 Combat Engineer Regiment
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Date: October 30, 2009
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Lieutenant Justin Boyes

Lt. Justin Boyes
Name: Justin Boyes
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 26
Unit: 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Hometown: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Date: October 28, 2009
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Sapper Sean Greenfield

Sean Greenfield
Name: Sean David Greenfield
Rank: Sapper
Age: 25
Unit: 24 Field Engineer Squadron, 2 Combat Engineer Regiment
Hometown: Pinawa, Manitoba
Date: January 31, 2009
Cause: Improvised explosive device, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Corporal Nathan Hornburg

Cpl. Hornburg
Name: Nathan Hornburg
Rank: Corporal
Age: 24
Unit: The King’s Own Calgary Regiment
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Date: September 24, 2007
Cause: Mortar attack, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Friday, May 25, 2007

Corporal Matthew McCully

Cpl. McCully
Name: Matthew McCully
Rank: Corporal
Age: 25
Unit: 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade
Hometown: Orangeville, Ontario
Date: May 25, 2007
Cause: Improvised Explosive Device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Monday, November 27, 2006

Corporal Albert Storm

Cpl. Storm
Name: Albert Storm
Rank: Corporal
Age: 36
Unit: 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
Hometown: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Date: November 27, 2006
Cause: Suicide bomber attack, Kandahar, Afghanistan

CWO Robert Girouard

CWO Girouard
Name: Robert Girouard
Rank: Chief Warrant Officer
Age: 46
Unit: 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
Hometown: Bouctouche, New Brunswick
Date: November 27, 2006
Cause: Suicide bomber attack, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Saturday, October 7, 2006

Trooper Mark Wilson

Trooper Wilson
Name: Mark Andrew Wilson
Rank: Trooper
Age: 39
Unit: Royal Canadian Dragoons
Hometown: London, Ontario
Date: October 7, 2006
Cause: Improvised Explosive Device, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Corporal Robert Mitchell

Cpl. Mitchell
Name: Robert Thomas James Mitchell
Rank: Corporal
Age: 32
Unit: Royal Canadian Dragoons
Hometown: Owen Sound, Ontario
Date: October 3, 2006
Cause: RPG attack, Kandahar, Afghanistan

Sergeant Craig Gillam

Sgt. Gillam
Name: Craig Paul Gillam
Rank: Sergeant
Age: 40
Unit: Royal Canadian Dragoons
Hometown: South Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador
Date: October 3, 2006
Cause: RPG attack, Kandahar, Afghanistan