US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 2,129 As of Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, at least 2,129 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is two less than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. At least 1,766 military service members have died in Afghanistan as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. Outside of Afghanistan, the department reports at least 128 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, 11 were the result of hostile action. The AP count of total OEF casualties outside of Afghanistan is three more than the department's tally. The Defense Department also counts three military civilian deaths. Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 19,181 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department. The latest identifications reported by the military: Two soldiers died Aug. 23 in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device during combat operations; both soldiers were assigned to 2nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; killed were: Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria, Calif., and Pvt. Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter, 20, of Humphreys, Mo. Master Sgt. George A. Bannar Jr., 37, of Orange, Va., died Aug. 20, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Wardak Province, Afghanistan; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. 1st Lt. Timothy G. Santos Jr., 29, of Helena, Ala., died Aug. 18, in Fort Bliss, Texas, from a noncombat-related illness diagnosed on March 24, in Kuwait City, Kuwait; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. Online: http://www.defense.gov/news/