At Least 23 U.S. Soldiers Died in Afghanistan Last Month; 1,720 Since War Started

By Edwin Mora
November 1, 2011


US soldiers walk at the site of a suicide car bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy on the outskirts of Kabul on Saturday, causing casualties among the NATO service members and Afghan civilians (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

(CNSNews.com) - At least 23 U.S. military fatalities were reported in Afghanistan last month (as of mid-day on Nov. 1), bringing the total American deaths since the conflict started to 1,720, according to CNSNews.com’s tally.

Of the 23 deaths in October, at least 20 were combat-related. One other soldier’s death was a non-combat fatality. And there was no information on the cause of death for two soldiers.

However, The New York Times reported that one of those two soldiers, Army Pvt. Danny Chen, 19, of New York ,“was found shot to death in a guard tower on an American outpost in Afghanistanâ€