Payton A. Jones, age 19, from Marble Falls, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered from small arms fire during an attack on his base. Staff Sgt. Jordan L. Bear was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times