On behalf of our readers, True North offers condolences to the families of the six Canadian military who were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 4, 2007. Here following is their identification.
ID 639
07/04/07
Watkins, Lane
Private
20
Canada
Canadian Army
3rd Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Panjwai district (Kandahar province)
Afghanistan
Clearwater
Manitoba
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ID 638
07/04/07
Bartsch, Cole
Corporal
23
Canada
Canadian Army
3rd Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Panjwai district (Kandahar province)
Afghanistan
Whitecourt
Alberta
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ID 637
07/04/07
Bason, Colin
Master Corporal
28
Canada
Canadian Army Reserve
The Royal Westminster Regiment
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Panjwai district (Kandahar province)
Afghanistan
Abbotsford
British Columbia
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ID 636
07/04/07
Dawe, Matthew Johnathan
Captain
27
Canada
Canadian Army
3rd Battalion Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Panjwai district (Kandahar province)
Afghanistan
Kingston
Ontario
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ID 635
07/04/07
Anderson, Jordan
Corporal
25
Canada
Canadian Army
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Panjwai district (Kandahar province)
Afghanistan
Iqaluit
Nunavut
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ID 634
07/04/07
Francis, Jefferson
Captain
36
Canada
Canadian Army
1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Panjwai district (Kandahar province)
Afghanistan
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