George Lindley Taber, age 30, from Glen Saint Mary, Florida, Baker county.
Parents: Melynda Sheri (Rea) Coker, stepfather Robert (Trey) Coker, George L. Taber IV, stepmother LaNell (Keahey) Taber)
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Conway High, Arkansas (2010); Hendrix College (2014)
Military history: Quint entered the Army in March 2017 and completed Advanced Individual Training at Ft. Benning, GA. He completed the Special Forces (SF) Qualification Course in 2018 and continued through the SF pipeline, completing 18D Combat Medical Sergeant Training, Military Freefall Parachutist Course, Spanish Language school, SF Sniper Course, and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course. Quint was assigned to Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 7214, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Death details: Died during a training exercise in Dahlonega, Georgia after being stuck by a falling tree at Yonah Mountain.
Cemetery: Jacksonville National
Source: WKMG, Orlando Sentinel, Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home