US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 675

As of Thursday, July 23, 2009, at least 675 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 504 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 68 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.

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The latest deaths reported by the military:

• A soldier died Thursday in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

• The following two soldiers died Wednesday in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive detonated near their vehicle. They were assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.

• Army Sgt. Joshua J. Rimer, 24, Rochester, Pa.

• Army Spc. Randy L.J. Neff, Jr., 22, Blackfoot, Idaho.