Question: How many American causalities were there in the battle that earned Clinton LaVor Romesha the Medal of Honor?
Context: The Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is located at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson Streets in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse.  The Memorial honors all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  The Memorial was sculpted by Doyle Glass and dedicated on Veterans Day 2001.  The Memorial features a life-size bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient John C. Squires as he would appear on the night he earned the Medal of Honor.  Squires, a native of Louisville, was killed in action in Italy during World War II.  The statue of Squires stands on a 4 ft granite base.  A plaque on the base lists the names of each recipient of the Medal of Honor from Kentucky. Medal for Bravery or Courage (Serbian: medalja za hrabrost/медаља за храброст ), commonly known as the Medal of Miloš Obilić (medalja Miloša Obilića/медаља Милоша Обилића) was founded on 12 July 1913 by King Peter I, was granted to soldiers for the acts of great personal courage, or for personal courage demonstrated on the battlefield.  The medal is awarded in two degree (Gold and Silver medals).  Awarding of this medal was started during the Second Balkan War, continued during the World War I 1914-1918, and during the World War II, 1941-1945, as members of the Yugoslav Army, and members of allied forces.  On the obverse of the coin is the ideal figure of Miloš Obilić, the Serbian medieval knight who was considered a model of courage and honor.  He was killed by Turks during the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, since he having previously cut open the Turkish Sultan Murad I.  Since then, he became a model of courageous Serbian warriors, ready to facing the inevitable defeat of sacrificing his own life.  Medal for Bravery was worn on the red bar.  The author was Đorđe Jovanović.  The first medal for bravery was established on 14 November 1912.  This medal was two degrees (Gold and Silver Medal, which differed in appearance from Gold).  This Gold medal with is worn on the red bar, and the Silver ribbon (red-blue-white).  This medal was granted to very short, and has been superseded by another model.  The reason for replacement was the obverse medal in which Serbia was represented by allegorical female figure.  The female figure is for the Serbian soldier was unworthy motive on the medal for bravery.  The officers was openly expressed dissatisfaction, after which it was decided to change the model. Robert Blake was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.  Blake was the second African American to perform a Medal of Honor action; William Harvey Carney was the first.  Blake was the first African American to actually "receive" a Medal of Honor - his was presented to him in 1864, while Carney did not receive his until 1900.  But, because Carney's Medal of Honor action occurred first, Carney, not Blake, is usually credited with being the first African American Medal of Honor recipient. John Lewis Barkley (August 28, 1895 - April 14, 1966) was a United States Army Medal of Honor recipient of World War I.  Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Barkley served as a Private First Class in Company K, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division.  He earned the medal while fighting near Cunel, France, on October 7, 1918.  His autobiography, "Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero," details his service leading up to and following his Medal of Honor action.  The book draws comparisons as the American literary response to "All Quiet on the Western Front."  Barkley died in 1966, and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. Clinton LaVor "Clint" Romesha (/'rɔʋməʃeɪ /; born August 17, 1981) is a former United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Kamdesh in 2009 during the war in Afghanistan. The Battle of Ganjgal was a battle in the War in Afghanistan fought between American and Afghan forces and the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on September 8, 2009.  Complaints that the coalition casualties were avoidable and caused by a failure of the chain of command to provide fire support for the team triggered an official investigation and a series of reprimands to several US military officers.  Army Captain William D. Swenson and Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the battle.  Meyer is the first living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and Swenson is the fifth living Soldier and first officer to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.  Two other Marines at the battle, Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez and Capt. Ademola Fabayo, received the Navy Cross. One of the most prestigious conference awards in college athletics, the Big Ten Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1915 to one student-athlete from the graduating class of each university who had “attained the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.”  The 14 institutions of the Big Ten feature over 10,000 student-athletes, more than any other conference, and only 28 of those individuals are recognized each year with the Big Ten Medal of Honor.  Originally the award was only given to male athletes, since 1982, a female athlete from each institution has also been awarded the Conference Medal of Honor.  In the nearly 100 years of the Medal of Honor, just over 1,300 student-athletes have earned this distinction. The Butler Medal, also known as the Colored Troops Medal, was a military decoration of a unit of the United States Army which were issued in 1865.  The medal was commissioned by Major General Benjamin Butler and was intended to recognize meritorious or heroic acts of bravery performed by African American soldiers at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights.  Fourteen African Americans had earned the Medal of Honor in that engagement, but Butler wished to further recognize his African American troops involved in the battle, and he paid for the Butler Medals out of his personal funds. The Texas Medal of Honor Memorial is a statue commemorating recipients of the Medal of Honor from the state of Texas.  Sculpted by Doyle Glass and Scott Boyer, it was dedicated on Memorial Day of 2008 and is located in Midland, Texas, at the Commemorative Air Force International Headquarters.  The Memorial depicts Medal of Honor recipient George H. O'Brien, Jr. as he would appear on the day he earned the Medal of Honor for his service during the Korean War.  Perched on a rock, the heroic-sized bronze figure rises above a granite base, which displays the names of most recipients of the medal from Texas.  The Model for this statue was Buck Hartlage a Louisville Kentucky native. The Battle of Kamdesh took place during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2014).  It occurred on October 3, 2009, when a force of 300 Taliban assaulted the American Combat Outpost ("COP") Keating near the town of Kamdesh of Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan.  The attack was the bloodiest battle for US forces since the Battle of Wanat in July 2008, which occurred 20 mi away from Kamdesh.  The attack on COP Keating resulted in 8 Americans killed and 27 wounded whilst the Taliban suffered an estimated 150 killed.
Answer: 8