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Justin Candido Kirby, age 21, from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Parents: Robert Kirby and Patrica (Cox) Kirby
Schools: Global Learning Charter Public School (2016) and Bristol Community College (2018)
Date of death: Monday, March 16, 2020
Death details: Died in Fort Irwin while taking part in a “large-scale” exercise within the center’s training grounds
Cemetery: Sacred Heart Cemetery, New Bedford
Source: WCVB, South Coast Today
Branden Tyme Kimball, age 21, from Central Point, Oregon.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military History: 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Death details: Died at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident
Cemetery: Eagle Point National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, KDRV
Miguel A. Villalon, age 21, from Joilet, Illinois.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Death details: Killed when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Antonio Garcia, age 21, from Peoria, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: October 20, 2019
Death details: Soldiers were training in the darkness when their armored vehicle fell from a bridge and landed upside down in water below in Georgia
Source: azcentral.com, Coastal Courier
Daniel E. Baker, age 21, from Tremont, Illinois.
Spouse: Not married
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, December 6, 2018
Death details: Killed in a plane crash off the coast of Japen
Source: NBC News, Legacy
William C. Ross, age 21, from Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Spouse: Single
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, December 6, 2018
Death details: Killed in a plane crash off the coast of Japen
Source: NBC News, Tenessean
Jacob Ryan Casebolt, age 21,.
Spouse: Not married
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, November 8, 2018
Death details: Killed when his tactical vehicle rolled over on post
Cemetery: Sunnyside Cemetery, Caney, Kansas
Source: kggf, findagrave.com
Nicholas Caleb Jividen, age 21, from Poca, West Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Poca High (2015)
Military history: Headquarters Support Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th spececial Forces Group (Airborne)
Date of death: Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Death details: Died during a training accident involving an armored vehicle at Ft. Irwin, California
Source: WTAP, Army Times
Brandon Caserta, age 21,.
Parents: Teri and Patrick Caserta
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, June 25, 2018
Death details: Died by suicide at Naval Air Station Norfolk. He left a note saying he was angry at the Navy and his unit
Source: Military.com
Quinn L. Johnson-Harris, age 21, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 39th Airlift Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
Date of death: Friday, October 2, 2015
Death details: died Oct. 2 in the crash of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times