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Merax C. Dockery, age 23, from Pottawatomie County Oklahoma.
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
Ivan R. Garcia, age 23, from Collier County Naples, Florida .
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, U.S. Marines
Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, age 23, from Austin, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News, Austin American Statesman (2023)
David Jr. Solinas, age 23, from Oradell, New Jersey, Bergen county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News
Jesse Robert Cruz, age 23, from Kileen, Texas.
Spouse: Briana Celiz (married May 2020)
Children: Giavonna Kapri Cruz
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood
Date of death: Saturday, August 13, 2022
Death details: Killed in an hit-and-run accident when his motorcycle was hit by a pickup truck.
Source: Viss Family Funeral Home, KWTX
Evan Patrick Fitzgibbon, age 23, from Windermere, Florida, Orange county.
Parents: John Patrick and Cynthia Renee Waller Fitzgibbon
Spouse: Engaged to Anna Judith Fabry
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: West Point (2021), Foundation Academy in Winter Garden, Florida (2017)
Military history: Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Benning in Florida, 7th Special Forces Group at Elgin Air Force Base in 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: Woodlawn
Source: WKMG, Orlando Sentinel, Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park
Joseph M. Jr. Meitl, age 23, of Colorado
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team
Date of death: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Death details: Died following an accident at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. He was participating in an M109A7 calibration firing event when he was struck by a recoiling breech after the system was fired.
Source: Army Times, U.S. Army
Nashyra S. Whitaker, age 23, from Saint Gabriel, Louisiana.
Parents: Cassandra Whitaker-Jacobs and Winston Westly
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Louisiana Guard Company E, 199th Brigade Support Battalion, 769th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Baton Rouge
Date of death: Sunday, September 5, 2021
Death details: Died at the scene of a single vehicle accident in McAllen, Texas. Another guard member was chaged with drunk driving in the incident. Serving on the federal mission at the southwest U.S. border with Mexico
Source: Stars and Stripes, The Advocate, Louisiana National Guard
Ryan C. Knauss, age 23, from Corryton, Tennessee.
Parents: Stepmother Linnae Knauss
Service era: Afghanistan
School: Gibbs High (2016)
Military history: 9th PSYOP Battalion, 8th PSYOP Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, WBIR, Military Times
Nicole L. Gee, age 23, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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, Foundation for Women Warriors