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Manchester, Timothy Luke
Army Staff sergeant

Timothy Luke Manchester, age 34, from Austin, Texas.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Texas Air National Guard; Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, Camp Mabry, Texas

Date of death: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Death details: Died in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in a non-combat related incident
Cemetery: Department of Defense, Texas Air National Guard

Prial, Daniel
Army Chief warrant officer 2

Daniel Prial, age 30, from Rochester, New York.

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: West Point
Military history: New York Army National Guard. Veteran of Afghanistan War.

Date of death: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Death details: Died when the UH-60 medical evacutation helicopter he was in crashed in Mendon, New York during a routine training mission.

Source: NBC 4 New York, The Daily News in Batavia, Wilton Bulletin

Koch, Christian
Army Chief warrant officer 4

Christian Koch, age 39, from Honeoye Falls, New York.

Spouse: Teressa DaGama
Children: Four children

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: York Central (199)
Military history: New York Army National Guard; Veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Date of death: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Death details: Died when the UH-60 medical evacutation helicopter he was in crashed in Mendon, New York during a routine training mission.

Source: NBC 4 New York, The Daily News in Batavia, Wilton Bulletin

Skoda, Steven
Army Chief warrant officer 5

Steven Skoda, age 54, from Rochester, New York.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: New York Army National Guard. Veteran of Afghanistan War.

Date of death: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Death details: Died when the UH-60 medical evacutation helicopter he was in crashed in Mendon, New York during a routine training mission.

Source: NBC 4 New York, The Daily News in Batavia, Wilton Bulletin

Roecker, Matthew
Army Private 1st class

Matthew Roecker, age 18, from Poland, Indiana, Clay county.

Parents: Greg and Billie Jo (Pemberton) Roecker

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Cloverdale High
Military history: Indiana National Guard

Date of death: Sunday, January 17, 2021
Death details: Killed by a hit and run driver in Bloomington, Indiana, where he was depoloyed for COVID-19 relief
Cemetery: Little Mount Cemetery in Owen County

Source: Indiana Public Media, Chandler Funeral Homes 

Bermudez, Anthony C.
Army Staff sergeant

Anthony C. Bermudez, age 28, from Dallas, Texas.

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Crosswinds High graduate, Grand Prarie

Date of death: Monday, January 11, 2021
Death details: Killed during a routine troop movement near Camp Buehring, Kuawait

Source: Military Times, Dallas Morning News

Wento, James
Army Staff sergeant

James Wento, age 34, from Lynn, Massachusetts.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Wheeled mechanic with the 2-2Assault Helicopter Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Humphreys

Date of death: Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Death details: Died when his military vehicle overturned during training at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex outside Pocheon, South Korea

Source: Star and Stripes, 2nd Infantry Division, United Press Internsational

Soto, Lisa Maria
Army Sergeant 1st class

Lisa Maria Soto, age 38, from Florence, South Carolina.

Service era: Afghanistan

Parents: Mosezella McCray Thomas Pearson (preceded in death) and Jonell McFadden Sr.

Children: Johnny Soto Jr., Jalen Soto, Dondre Lazaiver Palmer
Military history: Served in the Army for more than 20 years. Deployed to Iraq in 2004-05 and Afghanistan in 2011-12. Assigned for Fort Lee since 2017.

Date of death: Saturday, January 2, 2021
Death details: Died at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, Virginia from complications from COVID-19

Source: WWBT, Richmond Times Dispatch, Smith Funeral Home of Florence

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