American fatalities and injuries of the 2012 Benghazi attack

Four Americans died in the 2012 Benghazi attack: Ambassador Chris Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and two CIA operatives, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, both former Navy SEALs. Stevens is the first U.S. ambassador killed in an attack since Adolph Dubs was killed in 1979. Senior intelligence officials later acknowledged that Woods and Doherty were contracted by the Central Intelligence Agency, not the State Department as previously identified, and were part of Global Response Staff (GRS), a team that provides security to CIA case officers and countersurveillance and surveillance protection.

Initial reports indicated that ten Libyan guards died; this was later retracted and it was reported that seven Libyans were injured. An early report indicated that three Americans were injured in the attack and treated at an American military hospital in Germany.

Since then, reports differ regarding the number of Americans wounded in the attacks. The ARB report released December 20, 2012, stated that two Americans were wounded. In March 2013 it was reported that the State Department said there were four injured Americans. In August 2013, CNN reported that seven Americans were wounded, some seriously.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=4 | Members of U.S. diplomatic mission who died in Benghazi, Libya |- | | | | |- | J. Christopher Stevens,
U.S. Ambassador to Libya | Sean Smith, U.S. Foreign Service
Information Management Officer | Glen Doherty (see below) | Tyrone S. Woods (see below) |} Provided by Wikipedia