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Tanner J. Kaltenberg, age 19, from Dane County Madison, Wisconsin .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Camp Lejeune
Date of death: Sunday, July 23, 2023
Death details: Among three Marines who were found dead in a vehicle at a gas station in Hampstead, North Carolina. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Source: NBC News
Jacob Atchison, age 19, from Marion County Pella, Iowa .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: 197th Infantry Brigade
Date of death: Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Source: Millitary.com
Evan A. Strickland, age 19, from New Mexico, Valencia county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Date of death: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Death details: Died in a training mission when an MV-22B Osprey crashed in the desert of Southern California
Source: U.S. Marines
Jonathan E. Gierke, age 19, from Lawrencville, Georgia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Death details: Killed when the 7-ton truck he was traveling in rolled over outside of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Source: Military Times
Asia Graham, age 19, from Cherryville, North Carolina.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade
Date of death: Thursday, December 31, 2020
Death details: Pronounced dead after her body was found in her barracks room at Fort Bliss, El Paso. Military concluded it was from a drug overdose
Source: New York Daily News, KFOX 14
Connor J. McGurran, age 19, from Owatonna, Minnesota. Their last known residence was in St. Michael.
Parents: Shawn and Shareen McGurran
Spouse: Single
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Minnesota National Guard
Date of death: Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Death details: Died during BasicCombat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Cemetery: Fort Snelling National
Source: Star and Stripe, Washburn-Mcreavy Funeral Home, KRWC
Joshua Mikeasky, age 19, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Ft. Drum, New York
Date of death: Thursday, December 13, 2018
Death details: Died at Bagram Airfield, Bagram District, Parwan Province, Afghanistan from non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremy J. Wells, age 19, from Adairsville, Georgia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Death details: Killed in a training accident at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky
Source: Fox News, Fort Campbell Courier
Hansen B. Kirkpatrick, age 19, from Wasilla, Alaska.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas
Date of death: Monday, July 3, 2017
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan from wounds received during an indirect fire attack.
Source: Department of Defense, Militry Times
Dakota Kyle Rigsby, age 19, from Palmyra, Virginia.
Date of death: Saturday, June 17, 2017
Death details: reported missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippines-based merchant vessel at 2:20 a.m. June 17, 2017 while most of the 300 sailors aboard were sleeping.
Source: Navy, USNI News