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Daegan W. Page, age 23, from Omaha, Nebraska, Douglas 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, KSBY
Jeremy Cain Sherman, age 23, from Watseka, Illinois.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Death details: Among five soldiers killed in Egypt when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed from a mechanical malfunction.
Source: ABC News, Military Times
Ronald J. Ouellette, age 23, from Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Parents: Ron Ouellette Sr.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 42nd Aerial Port Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts
Date of death: Monday, September 14, 2020
Death details: Died in a single all-terrain-vehicle non-combat related accident on the flightline at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, masslive.com, Military Times
Elder Fernandes, age 23, from Brockton, Massachusetts.
Parents: Ailiana Fernandes
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Fort Hood
Date of death: Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Death details: He was reported missing Aug. 19. His body was found weeks later in Temple, Texas. Medical examiner ruled suicide.
Cemetery: Cemetery in Brockton
Source: Associated Press, New York Post
Christopher Wesley Curry, age 23, from Terre Haute, Indiana, Vigo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combate Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Date of death: Monday, May 4, 2020
Death details: Died in Erbil, Iraq from a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense
Henry J Mayfield Jr., age 23, from Evergreen Park, Illinois.
Parents: Carmoneta Horton-Mayfield and Henry Mayfield Sr.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Sunday, January 5, 2020
Death details: Killed during an attack in Manda Bay, Kenya
Cemetery: Street named in his honor in Chicago neighborhood of Englewood
Source: Department of Defense, WLS, Military Times
Joshua Kaleb Watson, age 23, from Enterprise, Alabama.
Parents: Benjamin Watson
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: U.S. Naval Academy
Date of death: Sunday, December 8, 2019
Death details: Killed in a shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. Credited with saving multiple lives during the incident.
Source: Stamford Advocate, USA Today
Oscar Jesus Temores, age 23, from Lemoore, California.
Children: Son, 2
Date of death: Saturday, November 30, 2019
Death details: Died after his patrol car was struck while responding to a civilian gate runner at Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story in Virginia Beach.
Cemetery: Lemoore
Source: Virginia Pilot, Navy Times, findagrave.com
Nathaneil G. Irish, age 23, from Billings, Montana.
Military history: 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Date of death: Sunday, October 27, 2019
Death details: Died of a non-combat related incident at Camp Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Clayton James Horne, age 23, from Atlanta, Louisiana.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 351st Military Police Company, 160th Military POlice Battalion, Ocala, Florida
Date of death: Saturday, August 17, 2019
Death details: Died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from wounds sustained by a noncombat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times