Since 2002, 97 Canadian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.
Here is a list of fallen soldiers who heroically died serving their country.
2008
September 7
Sgt. Scott Shipway died when he was hit by a roadside explosion that also injured 7 other soldiers. The attack that killed Sgt. Shipway occurred in the Panjwai district of southern Afghanistan.
September 3
Cpl. Andrew Grenon, Cpl. Mike Seggie and Pte. Chad Horn -- infantrymen with 2nd Battalion, Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Manitoba -- were killed during a security patrol. Their
vehicle came under attack by insurgents in the volatile Zhari District
of Kandahar province.
August 20
Sapper Stephan Stock, Cpl. Dustin Wasden and Sgt. Shawn Eade from the
Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Battle
Group, died when their convoy hit a roadside bomb outside
Kandahar City.
August 9
Master Cpl. Josh Roberts of Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry based out of Shilo, Man., died of a gunshot
wound while on patrol.
July 6
Pte. Colin Wilmot, an
Edmonton-based medic, was critically injured while on patrol in
the Panjwai district. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a military
hospital at Khandahar airfield.
June 7
Capt. Jonathan (Jon) Sutherland Snyder died after falling in a well in Kandahar. A member of the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Snyder had been on his second deployment to the country.
June 3
Capt. Richard Leary died in a
firefight in the troubled Panjwaii district outside Kandahar
city when the joint Afghan-Canadian patrol came under small-arms fire. Capt. Leary was a platoon commander with Second Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry based in Shilo, Man.
May 6
Corporal Michael Starker was killed in an ambush while on foot patrol in the Pashmul Region of the Zharey District outside Kandahar. A second soldier was injured in the attack. Corp. Starker was serving as a member of the 15 Field Ambulance.
April 4
Private Terry John Street, 24, of Hull, Quebec was killed by a roadside bomb. He was serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Shilo, Manitoba.
March 11
Bombardier Jérémie Ouellet, 22, was with the 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, based in Shilo, He was found dead in his sleeping quarters. An investigation continues.
March 2
Trooper Michael Yuki Hayakaze, 25, of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), based in Edmonton.
Jan. 23
Corporal Étienne Gonthier, 21, of Quebec City was with the 5th Combat Engineer Regiment
Jan. 15
Canadian Trooper Richard Renaud, 26, of Alma Que., a member of the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada
Jan. 6
WO Hani Massouh, 41, of the Royal 22nd Regiment based out of Valcartier, Que.
Cpl. Eric Labbe, 31, of the Royal 22nd Regiment based out of Valcartier, Que.
2007
Dec. 30:
Jonathan Dion, 27, gunner with 5th Regiment d'Artillerie legere du Canada
Nov. 17:
Cpl. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp
Pte. Michel Levesque
Sept. 24:
Cpl. Nathan Hornburg
Aug. 29:
Maj. Raymond Ruckpaul
Aug. 22:
Master Warrant Officer Mario Mercier
Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne
Aug. 19:
Pte. Simon Longtin
July 4:
Cpl. Cole Bartsch
Capt. Matthew Johnathan Dawe
Pte. Lane Watkins
Cpl. Jordan Anderson,
Master Cpl. Colin Bason
Capt. Jefferson Francis
June 20:
Sgt. Christos Karigiannis
Cpl. Stephen Frederick Bouzane
Pte. Joel Vincent Wiebe
June 11:
Trooper Darryl Caswell
May 30:
Master Cpl. Darrell Jason Priede
May 25:
Cpl. Matthew McCully
April 18:
Master Cpl. Anthony Klumpenhouwer
April 11:
Master Cpl. Allan Stewart
Trooper Patrick James Pentland
April 8:
Pte. Kevin V. Kennedy
Sgt. Donald Lucas
Cpl. Aaron E. Williams
Pte. David R. Greenslade
Cpl. Brent Poland
Cpl. Christopher Stannix
March 6:
Cpl. Kevin Megeney
2006
Nov. 27:
Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Girouard
Cpl. Albert Storm
Oct. 14:
Sgt. Darcy Tedford
Pte. Blake Williamson
Oct. 7:
Trooper Mark Andrew Wilson
Oct. 3:
Sgt. Craig Gillam
Cpl. Robert Mitchell
Sept. 29:
Pte. Josh Klukie
Sept. 18:
Pte. David Byers
Cpl. Shane Keating
Cpl. Keith Morley
Cpl. Glen Arnold,
Sept. 4:
Pte. Mark Graham
Sept. 3:
Sgt. Shane Stachnik
Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish
Pte. William Cushley
Warrant Officer Richard Francis Nolan
Aug. 22:
Cpl. David Braun
Aug. 11:
Cpl. Andrew Eykelenboom
Aug. 9:
Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh
Aug. 5:
Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt
Aug. 3:
Cpl. Christopher Reid
Sgt. Vaughan Ingram
Cpl. Bryce Keller
Pte. Kevin Dallaire
July 22:
Cpl. Francisco Gomez
Cpl. Jason Warren
July 9:
Cpl. Anthony Boneca
May 17:
Capt. Nichola Goddard. She was first Canadian woman to be killed in action while serving in combat role.
April 22:
Cpl. Matthew Dinning
Bombardier Myles Mansell
Lt. William Turner
Cpl. Randy Payne
March 29:
Pte. Robert Costall, machine-gunner
March 2:
Cpl. Paul Davis
Cpl. Timothy Wilson
Jan. 15:
Glyn Berry, British-born Canadian diplomat who served Foreign Affairs Department
2005
Nov. 24:
Pte. Braun Woodfield
2004
Jan. 27:
Cpl. Jamie Murphy
2003
Oct. 2:
Sgt. Robert Short
Cpl. Robbie Beerenfenger
2002
April 17:
Sgt. Marc Leger
Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer
Pte. Richard Green
Pte. Nathan Smith
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