William M. Bays, age 29, from Barstow, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY.
Date of death: Saturday, June 10, 2017
Death details: Died in Peka Valley, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan of gunshot wounds.
Cemetery: Five miles of US Highway 79 in Kentucky named in his honor
Source: Department of Defense, WHOP