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Listed below are details on the Signals related casualties of the War in Afghanistan, those on the Honour Roll. For an index of the casualties please see Signals Casualties of the War in Afghanistan.
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Surname
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Given Name(s)
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Rank
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Service Number
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Honours and Awards
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Trade
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Age
| Klumpenhouwer
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Anthony Mark
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MCpl
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R70509937
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South West Asia Service Medal (SWASM) and General Campaign Star (GCS) and the Sacrifice Medal (Posthumous)
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25
| Date of death
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Unit
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Burial location details
| April 27, 2007
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Afghanistan / JTF2
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-, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, North Perth, Ontario, Canada
| Marker
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Casualty Details
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Accident Details: Electrocution. MCpl was initially reported as having fallen from a communications tower but an investigation by the CFNIS determined that he died after being electrocuted.
| Additional Information
| Born: August 22, 1981 Enlistment: February 13, 2002 Son of Theo and Joy Klumpenhouwer of Gowanstown, Ontario.
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Surname
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Given Name(s)
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Rank
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Service Number
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Honours and Awards
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Trade
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Age
| McCully
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Matthew Jonathan
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Cpl
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25
| Date of death
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Unit
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Burial location details
| May 25, 2007
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Afghanistan / 2 CMBG HQ & Sigs
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Campbellvale Section, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
| Marker
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Casualty Details
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Killed Details: Cpl McCully, as part of the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team in Afghanistan,was killed by an improvised explosive device while he was on a joint Afghan-Canadian foot patrol near a village west of Kandahar City.
| Additional Information
| Born: April 11, 1982 Orangeville, Ontario Son of Valerie Mary McCully and Ron McCully. Brother of Shannon McGrady.
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Surname
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Given Name(s)
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Rank
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Service Number
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Honours and Awards
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Trade
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Age
| O’Quinn
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Kenneth Chad
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Cpl
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B27002620
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Sacrifice Medal (Posthumous)
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25
| Date of death
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Unit
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Burial location details
| March 3, 2009
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Afghanistan / 2 CMBG HQ & Sigs
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Sec 103. Block A, Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| Marker
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Casualty Details
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Killed Details: Killed by a roadside bomb that exploded near his armoured vehicle northwest of Kandahar City.
| Additional Information
| Born January 25th, 1984 in Happy Valley, Goose Bay, NL Son of Kenneth and Rhonda (Decker) O’Quinn of Rusagonis, NB and fiancé to Naomi Holder of Ottawa, ON.
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