As of Jan 07, 2020 the number of combined casualties from Operation
Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn as
confirmed by US Central Command is 6907.
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/
Deaths of 2 female Army soldiers probed in Texas,
1 fatally shot on freeway - They were identified as Sgt. Jessica
Mitchell, 30, Pfc. Asia M. Graham, 19.
The apparently unrelated deaths of two female Army
soldiers in Texas are under investigation after officials said one
died after being shot in her car on a freeway on New Year's Day and
the other was discovered dead in her military barracks on New Year's
Eve. The soldiers were identified as 30-year-old
Staff Sgt. Jessica Mitchell and 19-year-old Pfc. Asia M. Graham,
according to military officials....
An Army drill sergeant in Texas was found dead in her car last week
after being shot multiple times. Sgt Jessica Mitchell (left and
right), 30, was found dead in her Dodge Challenger around 3am on
Friday along Interstate 10 in San Antonio, according to Army
officials. Mitchell, who leaves behind a 10-year-old son, was a
dental specialist assigned to the US Army Medical Center of
Excellence on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Mitchell
didn't have a pulse when she was found and was pronounced dead at a
local hospital a short time later. Images from the scene show her
white Challenger riddled with bullet holes. No arrests have been
made in the case and authorities have not released any information
about a possible suspect....
Logan Young, a Senior Airman and firefighter with the
West Virginia National Guard, died after responding to
an arson
fire on
Dec. 27. Officials have identified the
West Virginia Air National Guard firefighter
who was killed Sunday
in a Berkeley County arson
fire....
Fort Bragg soldier fatally shoots his pregnant wife,
who was due to give birth to their fourth child on Christmas, in
front of their three-year-old daughter before turning gun on himself
Sergeant
Keith Lewis, 31, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on
Sunday night
Lewis was a member of
the Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina
Police say Lewis
fatally shot his pregnant wife Sarah Lewis, 34, who was due to
give birth to their fourth child on Christmas Day, at their
Fayettville home
He then turned the gun
on himself after officers arrived at the scene
Sarah's relatives say her husband had suffered from PTSD and had
threatened his wife in the past ...
Missing Fort Drum soldier, 23, is found shot dead
after being 'kidnapped by fellow soldier, 20, and driven 270 miles
from New York to New Jersey following argument over a pickup
truck'...
.... A soldier who was reported missing from Fort Drum was found
dead in a wooded area in New Jersey on Saturday, according to
officials and a report. Army Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20,
was found shot to death off Ross Road in Sussex County — and a
fellow soldier suspected in his killing was taken into custody,
Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller told
NJ.com....
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — A Fort Leonard Wood soldier
died at the Lake Regional Medical Center in Osage Beach, Missouri,
the week of Dec. 6. According to the public affairs
office of Fort Leonard Wood, there is no confirmed cause of death
for the soldier...
The lookout onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt
raised the alarm on Thursday after spotting 'what appeared to be
a person in the water'. A sailor has been found to be
missing....
...Builder 2nd Class Nathan Bishop, 33, died Dec.
1 in Mercy Medical Center in Canton. According to his family and a
Navy Reserve Force spokesman, his death was caused by complications
from COVID-19.
At the time of his death, he was assigned to the Navy
Occupational Support Center in Akron....
The Department of Defense announced today the death
of an Airman who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Captain Kelliann Leli, 30, of Parlin, New Jersey,
died November 27 in a non-combat related vehicle incident at Al
Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The cause of the incident is
under investigation.
She was assigned to the 60th Healthcare Operations
Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California...
As well as advising on airstrikes and ground
assaults, the Navy SEAL-led team's
primary task is to train and build Somalia
its own elite light infantry ...The
identity of the officer has not been made
public but the source said the officer was a
former Navy SEAL....
Staff Sgt. Kyle Robert McKee, 35, from
Painesville, Ohio;
Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman, 23, from Watseka,
Illinois.
Statement by Acting Secretary of Defense Chris
Miller on Helicopter Crash in the Sinai Peninsula
NOV. 12, 2020
The Defense Department is deeply saddened by the
loss of five U.S. and two partner nation service members in a
helicopter crash in the Sinai Peninsula operating with the
United Nations Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).
Yesterday we recognized the sacrifice of millions
of American veterans who have defended our nation for
generations, and today we are tragically reminded of the last
full measure our uniformed warriors may pay for their service.
I extend the Department’s condolences to the
families, friends and teammates of these service members.
[Eds. note: This statement was updated at 5:24
p.m. EST and reflects updated reporting from the Multinational
Force and Observers on the number of U.S. service members
killed.]
U.S. Navy identifies 2 killed in training plane crash / CBS/AP
A
U.S. Navy training plane that took off from Florida crashed
Friday in an Alabama residential neighborhood near
the Gulf Coast, killing both people in the plane, authorities said.
The victims were identified as U.S. Navy Lieutenant Rhiannon Ross,
30, of Wixom, Michigan, and U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett,
24, of Weddington, North Carolina, according to a press
release...
Jake Gardner, a
38-year-old Marine, was found dead Sunday in a suspected
suicide; the day he was due to turn himself in to face
manslaughter charges over the death of a black man...
09/16/2020
Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Ouellette, 23, of Merrimack, New Hampshire
DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty
SEPT. 16, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of an Airman who was supporting Operation Inherent
Resolve. Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Ouellette, 23, of
Merrimack, New Hampshire, died September 14 in a single
all-terrain-vehicle non-combat related accident on the
flightline at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. The cause of the
accident is under investigation. He was assigned to
the 42nd Aerial Port Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base,
Massachusetts.
...According to an Army press release
provided to American Military News, 21-year-old Spc.
Wyatt Xavier Moore, of Brandon, Fla., died on Sunday of
what was described as “natural causes.” The press
release did not provide any additional details
specifying what caused Moore’s death....
Across the Department of Defense, from 2006 to 2020,
5,605 service members were killed in training
accidents.
09/13/2020
Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan, 26, of Anaheim, California
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty
Sept. 13, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the death
of an Airman who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.
Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan, 26, of Anaheim, California, died
September 12 in a single-vehicle non-combat related accident while
conducting a routine patrol outside the perimeter of Ali Al Salem
Air Base, Kuwait. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
He was assigned to the 66th Security Forces Squadron,
Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.
09/10/2020
Sgt. David Eugene Hughes Jr., 32, of Fresno,
California
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020RACHAEL
RILEY - THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER
Sgt. David Eugene Hughes Jr., 32,
of Fresno, California, was an unmanned aerial vehicle
operator assigned to the division’s A Troop, 1st
Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment.
In a statement provided to American Military News,
the Army identified the deceased soldier as 39-year-old Chief
Warrant Officer 3 Casey A. Popenoe. The crash occurred around Chena
Pump Road in Fairbanks.
Three people killed in a small plane
crash near a Tennessee airport were Air National
Guard members, officials said Wednesday....
Killed in the crash were Lt. Col.
Shelli Huether, Capt. Jessica Wright, and Senior
Master Sgt. Scott Bumpus, the guard said in a news
release....
09/09/2020
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ian McKnight
US Navy searching for sailor who went missing
in North Arabian Sea - CNN
....The search-and-rescue operations were launched on
the evening of Sept. 6, after Petty Officer 2nd Class Ian McKnight
was not found aboard the carrier during a thorough search of the
ship....
...Sgt. Roger Matamoros Chavarria, 27, a graduate of
Key West High School, died during a training event Aug. 28 at Fort
Bliss near El Paso, the Army said in a news release....
The Army said Pvt.
Corlton L. Chee, main, collapsed during training at the
Texas base, inset, on August 28. His family allege foul
play after his body 'was found with bruises and
scratches'.
2 days ago - Family, friends, and elected officials
are calling for an independent investigation into the death
of Army Sgt. Elder
Fernandes, who was found ...
5 days ago - The body of missing Fort Hood
soldier Elder
Fernandes was found on Tuesday night, more than
one week after the 23-year-old sergeant was ...
08/29/2020
Staff Sgt. Vincent P. Marketta, 33, of Brick, New Jersey
Sgt. Tyler M. Shelton, 22, of San Bernardino, California
... killed when their Black
Hawk crashed on island used to train Navy
SEALs ... and a training facility for
special operations units, including the
SEALs.
....After months of reporting no additional COVID-19
deaths among service members, the DoD has reported three in August
alone.
Army Reserve Medical Command Master
Sgt. Brian Tolliver, 46, died August 17 after a five-week fight
with COVID-19 at the Largo Medical Center in Largo, Florida. Spc.
Curtis Fort, 61, an Army reservist from Virginia was added to
the COVID-19 deaths chart on August 3. ...
A U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant in Okinawa,
Japan was killed in a car accident on Sunday, Stars and Stripes reported.
The 31-year-old assigned to the 3rd Marine
Logistics Group, whose name is being withheld pending
notifications to his family, was killed after he lost control of
his car at around 11 a.m. on Sunday. The Marine was in
southbound traffic when he struck a tree and a traffic-light
pole in Kitanakagusuku village, an Okinawa Police Station
spokesman told Stars and Stripes.
The Marine was found unconscious by medical
personnel from nearby Camp Foster....
08/24/2020
FORT RUCKER, Ala. —
A soldier stationed at an Alabama U.S. Army post was found dead Sunday
morning, officials said. Fort Rucker officials said
the soldier was found off the base near the town of
Clayhatchee, news outlets reported.
The disappearance of yet another Fort Hood
soldier this week has shed light on the string of tragedies and
deaths that have plagued the embattled US Army base in Texas in
the last decade alone. ...
Local police and
the US Army are searching for 23-year-old Sgt.
Elder Fernandes after a missing soldier alert
was issued on Thursday night at the Fort Hood army
base. ...
08/20/2020
Army Reserve Medical Command Master Sgt. Brian Tolliver, 46
Army officials on
Tuesday released the name of a Fort
Hood, Texas, soldier who died after being injured at the
scene of an auto accident in the town of Killeen.
Spc. Cole
Jakob Aton died Aug. 12 from "injuries suffered while providing
assistance at an accident scene on U.S. Highway 190/Interstate
14," according to a Fort Hood news release...
Marine recruiter drowns in Georgia river after
fitness exercise
He deployed with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
in 2018 ...
Sgt. Andre Armstrong, 27, and four others decided to
go swimming in the Ocmulgee River near Macon, Ga. while walking
trails after a physical training exercise on the morning of July 31,
the Marine Corps said, according to the Marine Corps Times....
This article by
Paul Szoldra originally appeared on Task
& Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated
to military and veterans issues.
The Marine
Corps has identified a Marine sergeant who died Tuesday in
Bahrain. Sgt. Trevor Goldyn, a communications Marine
assigned to the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, was found dead
in a "non-combat related incident," according to a service press
release....
Spc. Francisco
Gilberto Hernandezvargas, 24, died in a boating incident over
the weekend at Stillhouse Hollow Lake near the Fort Hood Army
base in Texas, the base announced Tuesday....
A body found July 22 along Riley County's Konza
Prairie Nature Trail has been confirmed to be that of a missing Fort
Riley soldier, 38-year-old Nicole Grothe of Manhattan, Fort
Riley officials said in a news release Saturday....
Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez, 20, of New Braunfels, Texas
Pfc. Bryan J. Baltierra, 19, of Corona, California
Lance Cpl. Marco A. Barranco, 21, of Montebello, California
Pfc. Evan A. Bath, 19, of Oak Creek, Wisconsin
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Christopher Gnem, 22, of Stockton, California
Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky, 21, of Bend, Oregon
Cpl. Wesley A. Rodd, 23, of Harris, Texas
Lance Cpl. Chase D. Sweetwood, 19, of Portland, Oregon
Cpl. Cesar A. Villanueva, 21, of Riverside, California
Department of Defense Statement on the Loss of
Nine Service Members off California
AUG. 3, 2020
Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper issued the
following statement:
A grateful nation and the Department of Defense
grieves the tragic loss of the Marines and Sailor lost in the
amphibious assault vehicle accident off the coast of San
Clemente Island. Our prayers and condolences are with the family
and friends of these brave young men:
Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez, 20, of New
Braunfels, Texas
Pfc. Bryan J. Baltierra, 19, of Corona, California
Lance Cpl. Marco A. Barranco, 21, of Montebello, California
Pfc. Evan A. Bath, 19, of Oak Creek, Wisconsin
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Christopher Gnem, 22, of Stockton,
California
Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky, 21, of Bend, Oregon
Cpl. Wesley A. Rodd, 23, of Harris, Texas
Lance Cpl. Chase D. Sweetwood, 19, of Portland, Oregon
Cpl. Cesar A. Villanueva, 21, of Riverside, California
Their service, commitment and courage will always
be remembered by the nation they served. While the incident
remains under investigation, I want to assure our service
members and their families that we are committed to gathering
all the facts, understanding exactly how this incident occurred,
and preventing similar tragedies in the future.
Marine Corps IDs 9 Troops Lost in Tragic AAV
Accident
...The AAV, which sank after taking on water
while training with other assets belonging to the 15th Marine
Expeditionary Unit in the vicinity of San Clemente Island, had
16 troops aboard in total. One Marine, Lance Cpl. Guillermo
Perez, 20, of New Braunfels, Texas, was pronounced dead at the
scene, then taken by first responders to Scripps Memorial
Hospital in San Diego, officials with I Marine Expeditionary
Force said Monday in a news release.....
While seven other troops were rescued and two
subsequently hospitalized, eight more
remained missing. On Sunday, following a massive
search-and-rescue effort involving Navy, Coast
Guard and Marine Corps vessels and aircraft, the Marine
Corps announced that the troops were presumed dead....
Only one of the nine victims' bodies was found, despite an
intense days-long search that covered 1,000 nautical miles and
involved helicopters and a Navy destroyer, the US Marine Corps
said. Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez (middle row, left), 20, of
Texas, was found dead close to the scene near San Clemente
Island where the vehicle sank at around 5:45pm on Thursday. The
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit announced on Sunday that the
others, from California, Texas, Wisconsin and Oregon,
are all 'presumed dead.' Privates Bryan J. Baltierra (middle,
right), 18, of California, Evan Bath (bottom, center), 19, of
Wisconsin, and Lance Corporal Chase D. Sweetwood (top left), 19,
of Oregon have been identified as the youngest of the victims.
Their fellow Marines Lance Cpl. Marco A. Barranco (bottom left),
21, of California, Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky (top, center), 21,
of Oregon, Cpl. Wesley A. Rodd (center), 23, of Texas, and Cpl.
Cesar A. Villanueva (top right), 21, of California, are also
presumed dead. One sailor, US Navy Hospitalman Christopher Gnem
(bottom right), 22, of California, is also believed to have
died....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Marines, assigned to the San Diego-based
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, had been conducting a
routine training exercise...
The Marines, assigned to the San Diego-based
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, had been conducting a
routine training exercise near San Clemente Island in
coordination with the three-ship Makin Island Amphibious
Ready Group and other assets assigned to the MEU. Around
5:45 p.m. local time, the amphibious assault vehicle
reported taking on water, according to a news release from I
Marine Expeditionary Force...
A sailor assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella in
Italy died Sunday after being hit by a vehicle while crossing a
road near the Sicilian city of Catania, the Navy said.
The circumstances surrounding the death of Seaman Arturo Rivera,
22, are under investigation, the Navy said Monday...
PHOENIX — An Arizona ArmyNational
Guard soldier has died after collapsing during a training
event, authorities said Wednesday. The name of
the man was being withheld until his family could be notified.
Guard officials said the soldier collapsed on Tuesday and died
Wednesday at a Tempe hospital...
Garrett Foster was shot to death during a
downtown Austin protest Saturday night.
27 Jul
2020
Austin American-Statesman|By
Katie Hall and Danny Davis
AUSTIN, Texas -- Garrett Foster, who was shot to
death during a downtown Austin protest Saturday night, was
remembered as a man dedicated to exercising his Second Amendment
rights, stamping out racial injustice and caring for his fiancee,
according to family and friends...
Northwest Florida Daily
News, Fort Walton Beach|By
Jim Thompson
HURLBURT FIELD -- One person is dead, and another
is injured and has been taken to a local hospital, in connection
with a domestic disturbance involving gunfire that erupted late
Friday afternoon at Hurlburt Field, headquarters of Air Force
Special Operations Command....
The U.S. Army today released the identity of an
82nd Airborne Division soldier who was killed Monday in a
non-combat vehicle accident in Syria while supporting Operation
Inherent Resolve. Sgt. Bryan Cooper Mount died from
injuries he suffered when his Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV)
rolled over, according to an 82nd Airborne news release...
U.S. Army officials on Tuesday said that
the body of a Fort Hood soldier was found near the Texas
army base, marking the third time in a month that a Fort
Hood soldier’s body has been discovered...
The Marine Corps identified a lance corporal as the
individual whose suicide resulted in a lockdown at Twentynine Palms
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California. Lance
Cpl. Casey Hayden of the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
died by suicide last Tuesday, the Corps said in a statement.
Military police responded to reports of gunshots at
approximately 6:30 a.m. that morning. The Marine Corps confirmed
reports of an active shooter situation and put the Twentynine Palms
installation on lockdown. The lockdown was lifted around two hours
later with reports that one individual was injured with a
self-inflicted gunshot wound. ...
07/13/2020
1st Lt. Joseph Trent Allbaugh, 24, from Folsom,
California
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
JULY 13, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom's
Sentinel. 1st Lt. Joseph Trent Allbaugh, 24, from
Folsom, California, died as the result of a non-combat-related
incident, July 12, 2020, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The incident
is under investigation.
Allbaugh was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense
Artillery Regiment, 108th ADA Brigade, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
07/06/2020
Pfc. Alexander Blake Klass, 20, from Willamina,
Oregon
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
JULY 6, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Joint Guardian.
Pfc. Alexander Blake Klass, 20, from Willamina,
Oregon, died as the result of a non-combat related incident,
July 4, 2020, at Camp Novo Selo, Kosovo. The incident is under
investigation.
Klass was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 162nd
Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon
National Guard, Springfield, Oregon.
2 hours ago - Vanessa
Guillen, 20, has been missing from her unit
since April 22, 2020, according to the U.S. Army
Criminal Investigation Command....
07/04/2020
Spc. Vincent Sebastian Ibarria, 21, from San Antonio,
Texas
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
JULY 4, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom's
Sentinel.
Spc. Vincent Sebastian Ibarria, 21, from San
Antonio, Texas, died as the result of a vehicle rollover
accident, July 3, 2020, in Farah, Afghanistan. The incident is
under investigation.
Ibarria was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd
Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
06/25/2020
Spc. Nick Bravo-Regules, 20
DOD Identifies Army Casualty - UPDATE
JUNE 24, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent
Resolve.
Spc. Nick Bravo-Regules, 20, from Largo, Florida, died June 23,
2020, in Jordan while supporting operations in the U.S. Central
Command area of responsibility, from a non-combat-related
incident. The incident is under investigation.
Bravo-Regules was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense
Artillery Regiment, 11th ADA Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas.
... *Note: We are providing this update to ensure Spc.
Nick Bravo-Regules’ name is accurately reflected in this
release.
06/22/2020
Pvt. Gregory Scott Morales, 24, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma
KILLEEN, Texas — Skeletal remains found in Texas
have been identified as those of a soldier from Oklahoma who was
missing from Fort
Hood, the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Command in
Quantico, Virginia, said Sunday....
A second man involved in a shooting-stabbing
incident this weekend at a North Carolina Marine
Corps base has died.
Lance Cpl.
William J. Luce, an infantry rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines,
died on Monday, officials with his command said on Thursday.
Luce was listed in stable condition earlier that
day after being transported to Naval Medical Center Camp
Lejeune early Saturday morning after suffering multiple stab
wounds. He developed complications and succumbed to his
injuries....
A rock-climbing anchor system that a team of
airmen were using to rappel off a cliff in Idaho last fall
unexpectedly failed, causing one airman to fall to his death,
according to a new investigation report.
An Air
Force Accident Investigation Board report released
Wednesday concluded that Tech. Sgt. Peter Kraines, a special
tactics pararescueman, died Oct. 8
because two pieces of rock climbing protective gear dislodged
from the rock surface crevice, causing Kraines' fall....
The Marine
Corps special operator who died while training at a Georgia Army base
this week was described as a natural leader and consistent top
performer.
Sgt.
Wolfgang "Wolf" K. Weninger, a 28-year-old critical skills
operator with the Marine Raider Training Center, was involved in
a Tuesday parachute accident
at Fort
Benning, an official familiar with the incident told
Military.com....
This article by
Haley Brtizky originally appeared on Task
& Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated
to military and veterans issues.
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Schmitz of Army
Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) died on Tuesday in
Fairfax County, Virginia, the Army confirmed. ...
LONDON -- The fighter pilot who died
after crashing off the coast of northern England has been
identified as 1st Lt. Kenneth Allen, the U.S. Air
Force said Tuesday. Allen, 27, died in a routine
training accident that took place at 9:40 a.m. local time Monday.
The cause of the F-15C
Eagle crash is under investigation....
06/15/2020
Capt. Vincent Segars, the head of Naval Aviation
Schools Command
Two naval aviators were killed this week when
their civilian single-engine aircraft crashed in Alabama.
Capt. Vincent Segars, the head of Naval Aviation Schools
Command, and Cmdr. Joshua Fuller died Wednesday when their Piper
PA-32 crashed about 12 miles outside of Selma, said Cmdr. James
Stockman, a spokesman for Naval Education and Training Command.
Segars and Fuller were the only two aboard the plane, he
added....
Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne
Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina whose remains were discovered
after they washed ashore near Cape Lookout National Seashore on May
29, 2020. (U.S. Army photo) ...
Multiple agencies are investigating the death of
a Marine machine gunner who collapsed after a recent training
event in North Carolina.
Pfc. Ethan
M. Moores, 18, assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marines,
was pronounced dead at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune on May
27. The Marine
Corps did not disclose his death at the time. It was listed
on a recent mishap report from the Naval Safety Center, which
tracks Navy and
Marine Corps deaths and major accidents....
Jared Esquibel Harless (pictured) 38, his wife, 36, four children
and two cats were found dead in an SUV in their garage Thursday,
after police found a 'cryptic note' and strong chemical odor at
their home. Esquibel Harless was a US Army soldier assigned to the
470th Military Intelligence Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio. San
Antonio Police Chief William McManus said the smell of carbon
dioxide was so strong when officers arrived that it 'kind of blew
everybody back out the door.' He said police had gone to the house
for a welfare check requested by the husband's employer, who had
been unable to reach him....
The US Air Force
said Airman 1st Class Natasha Raye Aposhian, 21, and Airman 1st
Class Julian Carlos Torres, 20, were killed in a shooting at the
Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.
Seven soldiers who went camping with a Fort Bragg
paratrooper before his severed
head washed up on a beach are facing courts-martial on
conspiracy and a slew of other charges. The North
Carolina-based soldiers were the last to see decorated Spc. Enrique
Roman-Martinez, 21, during their trip to Cape Lookout National
Seashore for Memorial Day weekend in May 2020. The
Californian was reported missing on May 22 — six days before his
severed head was found washed up on the shore. His body has never
been found. ...
05/21/2020
1st Lt. Trevarius Ravon Bowman, 25, from
Spartanburg, South Carolina
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
MAY 21, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom's
Sentinel. 1st Lt. Trevarius Ravon Bowman, 25, from
Spartanburg, South Carolina, died May 19, 2020, in Bagram Air
Force Base, Afghanistan, from a non-combat-related incident. The
incident is under investigation. Bowman was assigned
to Company B, 198th Signal Battalion, 261st Signal Brigade,
Newberry, South Carolina. The unit is attached to the 228th
Theater Tactical Signal Brigade, South Carolina National Guard.
Texas law enforcement
responding to a vehicle fire found a
Fort Hood soldier inside with a fatal
gunshot wound to the head.
The Harker Heights Police
Department in Texas is investigating the
suspected murder of a Fort Hood soldier.
Pfc. Brandon Rosecrans, 27, was found
when law enforcement was called to
investigate a vehicle fire. Rosecrans
was found inside the vehicle with a
fatal gunshot wound to the head. ....
Two soldiers assigned to Joint
Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, were arrested last week and
charged with murder in the death of an Army veteran
whose body was found in a creek about 130 miles from the base,
according to local authorities.... Raylin D. James and
Joshua Q. Gerald, both 20-year-old privates assigned to the
555th Engineer Brigade at Lewis-McChord, were being held on a
charge of first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Leroy
Scott of Louisiana,...
05/05/2020
Pfc. Tyrell J. Audain
5 May 2020
Stars and Stripes|By
Caitlin M. Kenney
WASHINGTON -- Pfc. Tyrell J. Audain was in the
midst of a physical fitness test more than two weeks ago at Marine
Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.,
when he collapsed. The Marine, a 19-year-old former
high school athlete, ...
05/05/2020
Sgt. Christopher Wesley Curry, 23, from Terre Haute,
Indiana
The Pentagon on Tuesday released the identity of
a 25th Infantry Division soldier who died this week while
serving in Iraq. Sgt. Christopher Wesley Curry died
in a non-combat incident Monday in Erbil, Iraq, while supporting
Operation Inherent Resolve, according to a U.S. Army Alaska
news release....
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
MAY 5, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent
Resolve.
Sgt. Christopher Wesley Curry, 23, from Terre
Haute, Indiana, died May 4, 2020 in Erbil, Iraq, from a
non-combat-related incident. The incident is under
investigation. Curry was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th
Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska....
A sailor on board the USS Roosevelt - the COVID-19
infected Navy ship which a captain was fired from for sounding the
alarm - has been found unresponsive in isolation in Guam after
testing positive....
A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Joint Base
Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) was found dead in his home in Wasilla,
Alaska on April 3.
Sgt. Cody Lee Randall, a 28-year-old satellite
communications systems operator/maintainer, died at his home,
according to a U.S. Army statement provided to American Military
News on Monday....
04/01/2020
U.S. Army Sgt.
1st Class John David Randolph Hilty, 44
The Pentagon on Wednesday released the name of a 1st
Cavalry Division soldier who died March 30 in Iraq. U.S. Army Sgt.
1st Class John David Randolph Hilty died in a "non-combat-related
incident," while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in Erbil,
Iraq, according to a Pentagon statement released Wednesday.
The 44-year-old Bowie, Maryland, native...
A U.S. Air Force Academy cadet was found dead on
campus this week, the academy said.
Circumstances surrounding the death, which occurred
Thursday, are under investigation, but there are no indications that
it was related to the coronavirus or caused by foul play, the
Colorado Springs, Colo.-based academy said in a statement....
03/30/2020
Army Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok, a physician assistant & New Jersey
National Guardsman.
The first American service member, Army
Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok, a physician assistant & New
Jersey National Guardsman has died from the coronavirus....
The special
operations airman who died Thursday during a swim for
surface training was a Special Tactics combat controller, the Air
Force announced Saturday.
Airman 1st
Class Keigan Baker, 24, was assigned to Special Tactics Training
Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing, according to a service
release. Officials say he
went missing during the training swim, which took place at Naval
Support Activity Panama City, Florida. By the time he was
located, he was unresponsive....
03/13/2020
Army Spc.* Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias, 27, of
Hanford, California.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Marshal D. Roberts, 28, of
Owasso, Oklahoma.
DOD Identifies Army, Air Force Casualties
MARCH 13, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of two service members who were supporting Operation
Inherent Resolve. Both service members died March 11, 2020, when
their units were engaged by enemy indirect fire at Camp Taji,
Iraq. The incident is under investigation.
The deceased are:
-- Army Spc.* Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias, 27,
of Hanford, California.
-- Air Force Staff Sgt. Marshal D. Roberts, 28,
of Owasso, Oklahoma.
Mendez Covarrubias was assigned to 1st Battalion,
227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Roberts was assigned to the 219th Engineering
Installation Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard.
TULSA, Okla. — The body of an Oklahoma serviceman
killed in a rocket
attack on a U.S. base in Iraq has been returned to his home
state, welcomed by a small collection of mourners whose
gathering was restricted by efforts to contain the coronavirus.
A 20-year-old California-based Marine was killed
this week when the vehicle she was in rolled during a training
exercise in the United Arab Emirates.
Cpl. Eloiza
Zavala, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion
13, was pronounced dead at the scene after the Medium
Tactical Vehicle Replacement 7-ton vehicle tipped over
Tuesday. Two other Marines, both lance corporals, were hurt in
the accident, according to a Marine
Corps news release....
03/10/2020
Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, 34, of Simi Valley,
California.
Capt. Moises A. Navas, 34, of Germantown, Maryland.
MARCH 10, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Inherent
Resolve.
The following Marines died March 8, 2020 while
supporting Iraqi Security Forces in north central Iraq. The
incident is under investigation.
Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, 34, of Simi Valley,
California.
Capt. Moises A. Navas, 34, of Germantown,
Maryland.
Both Marines were assigned to 2nd Marine Raider
Battalion, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, Camp
Lejeune, North Carolina.
Pfc. Walter Lewark, 26, from Mountainair, New Mexico
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
FEB. 14, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring
Freedom-Horn of Africa.
, died Feb. 13, 2020, at Camp Lemonnier,
Djibouti, from a non-combat related incident. The incident is
under investigation.
Lewark was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion,
200th Infantry Regiment, 93d Troop Command, New Mexico Army
National Guard, Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
02/13/2020
Spc. Branden Tyme Kimball, 21, from Central Point,
Oregon
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
FEB. 13, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom's
Sentinel. Spc. Branden Tyme
Kimball, 21, from Central Point, Oregon, died Feb. 12, 2020, at
Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related
incident. The incident is under investigation.
Kimball was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment,
10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, New York.
02/09/2020
Sgt. 1st Class* Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, of San
Antonio, Texas.
Sgt. 1st Class* Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28, of Las
Cruces, New Mexico.
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
FEB. 9, 2020
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Both soldiers died
February 8, 2020 in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, as a result
of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations. The
incident is under investigation. The deceased are:
Sgt. 1st Class* Javier Jaguar
Gutierrez, 28, of San Antonio, Texas.
Sgt. 1st Class* Antonio Rey
Rodriguez, 28, of Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Both soldiers were assigned to
3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air
Force Base, Florida.
American flags of every condition lined Airport
Drive Saturday as Spc. Antonio Moore came home for the final
time. ....Moore, a 22-year-old Wilmington resident,
was on his first deployment in eastern Syria with the U.S. Army
Reserves, when he was killed in a rollover accident while
conducting route clearing operations....
02/02/2020
Private 2nd Class Caleb Smither, of Lubbock, Texas
The cause of death is being investigated after a
19-year-old paratrooper with Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division
died Tuesday on post, according to a news release.
Private 2nd
Class Caleb Smither, of Lubbock, Texas, repaired construction
equipment and was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg said....
OKLAHOMA CITY — The body of a woman found in
central Oklahoma nearly 40 years ago and known only as “Lime
Lady” has been identified as a missing Las Vegas woman,
authorities said Thursday.
DNA testing
with the help of the DNA Doe Project identified Tamara Lee
Tigard as the woman whose body was found April 18, 1980, on the
banks of the North Canadian River in Jones on the outskirts of
Oklahoma City....
01/29/2020
Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam
Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, New Hampshire.
DOD Identifies Air Force Casualties
JAN. 29, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
deaths of two Airmen who were supporting Operation Freedom's
Sentinel. They died January 27 in the crash of a Bombardier
E-11A aircraft in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The cause of the
crash is under investigation. Killed were:
Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam. He was
assigned to Headquarters Air Combat Command at Joint Base
Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, New
Hampshire. He was assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron at
Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
01/25/2020
Spc. Antonio I. Moore, 22, from Wilmington, N.C.
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
JAN. 25, 2020
The Department of Defense announced today the
death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent
Resolve.
Spc. Antonio I. Moore, 22, from Wilmington, N.C.,
died January 24, 2020 in Deir ez Zor Province, Syria, during a
rollover accident while conducting route clearing operations.
The incident is under investigation.
Moore was assigned to 363rd Engineer Battalion,
411th Engineer Brigade, Knightdale, N.C.
Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman, 36, was killed during a
routine free fall parachute training exercise near Eloy, Arizona, on
Tuesday. Goodman is a father-of-two from North Carolina...
BERLIN — The U.S.
Air Force said Monday it is investigating the cause of death
of two servicemen who died at a base in Germany last week.
Airman 1st
Class Xavier Leaphart and Airman 1st Class Aziess Whitehurst,
both aged 20, were found
unresponsive in a dormitory room at Spangdahlem
Air Base in western Germany on Thursday evening and
pronounced dead shortly afterward....
01/13/2020
Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News,
Virginia.
Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon, 21, of Joliet, Illinois.
JAN. 12, 2020
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting
Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
Both soldiers were killed in
action yesterday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised
explosive device (IED) in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The
soldiers were conducting operations as part of NATO's Resolute
Support Mission. The incident is under investigation.
The deceased are:
Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29,
of Newport News, Virginia.
Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon, 21, of
Joliet, Illinois.
Both soldiers were assigned to
307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
One of two U.S. service members killed by a roadside bomb in
southern Afghanistan on Saturday has been identified as Miguel
Villalon, a 21-year-old from the Chicago suburb of Aurora,
Illinois...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 19-year-old ArmyNational
Guard soldier was found dead at a South Carolina training
base, officials confirmed.
The soldier
was found unresponsive at a Fort
Jackson field location Wednesday morning, according to a
statement from base spokesperson Leslie Ann Sully. ...
Officials
confirmed the soldier was from Minnesota...
STUTTGART, Germany -- An Arizona man contracted
to fly aircraft for the U.S. military was among those killed
Sunday when Somali
militants attacked a base in Kenya, a local television
station reported.
Dustin
Harrison's wife, Hope, told Tucson's KOLD News 13 that she and
their daughter were flying to an unnamed Air
Force base to receive his body. "My silent hero," Hope
Harrison wrote in a Facebook post.
01/06/2020
Spc. Henry J. Mayfield
Jr., 23, from Evergreen Park, Illinois
DOD Identifies Army Casualty
JAN. 6, 2020
The Department of Defense
announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting
Operation Octave Shield.
Spc. Henry J. Mayfield Jr., 23,
from Evergreen Park, Illinois, was killed Jan. 5, 2020, during
an attack in Manda Bay, Kenya. The incident is under
investigation.
Mayfield was assigned to 1st
Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment, 164th Theater Airfield
Operations Group, Fort Rucker, Alabama.
