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Jason Reed Haven, age 20, from Aiken, South Carolina, Aiken county.
Service era: Post War on Terror
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Charleston, South Carolina
Date of death: Thursday, May 25, 2023
Death details: Died at Camp Buehring, Kuawait in a non-combat vehicle accident.
Source: Department of Defense, Powers Funeral Home
Ana Basaldua Ruiz, age 20,.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Monday, March 13, 2023
Death details: Suicide at Fort Hood
Source: mySanAntonio.com, CNN, KCEN
Joshua Burks, age 20, from San Jose, California, Santa Clara county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2ndBattalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Saturday, August 13, 2022
Death details: Found dead from a gunshot wound near Olmstead, Kentucky
Source: WKRN, News Democrat & Leader
Karolina Ferrer-Padilla, age 20, from Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Petroleum supply specialist with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Monday, January 24, 2022
Death details: Died in an on-duty accident at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson when a mobile kitchen that fell while it was being lowered. A containerized kitchen was being lowered during a tire change and Karolina was removing one of the jack stands when the kitchen tipped onto her.
Source: Anchorage Daily News, Army Times, KTUU
Brandon Ricardo Diaz, age 20, from Tucson, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Friday, October 8, 2021
Death details: Found dead where he lived on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska
Source: Fox News, The Brandon Act
Jared M. Schmitz, age 20, from Saint Charles, Missouri.
Parents: Mark Schmitz
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Killed when a suicide bomber approached a group of Marines processing refugees at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Source: Department of Defense, WYFF, St. Louis Post Dispatch
David L. Espinoza, age 20, from Rio Bravo, Texas, Webb county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Lyndon B. Johnson High
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Died as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in Kabul, Afghanistan
Cemetery: City of Laredo
Source: Department of Defense, NBC
Rylee J. McCollum, age 20, from Jackson, Wyoming, Teton county.
Spouse: Jiennah Crayton
Children: Levi Rylee Rose McCollum was born about a month after his death
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Died as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, WYFF, Associated Press
Dylan R. Merola, age 20, from Rancho Cucamonga, California, San Bernardino county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Died as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Saint Charles County Veterans Museum
Kareem M. Nikoui, age 20, from Norco, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Died as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense