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Watters, Drew
Army Specialist

Drew Watters, age 23, from Evansville, Indiana, Vanderburgh county.

Service era: Afghanistan

Parents: Scott Richardson and Karen Marie (Wannemuehler) Watters

Spouse: Carley Elizabeth (Lombard) Watters

Child: Jack Richardson Watters, two months

School: North High graduate

Military history: 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment

School: North High graduate

Date of death: Sunday, November 4, 2018
Death details: Killed in training accident at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington when he was pinned underneath a Stryker armored vehicle.

Source: Army Times, Tacoma News Tribune

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Slape, James A.
Army Specialist

James A. Slape, age 23, from Morehead City, North Carolina.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 60th Troop Command, North Carolina Army National Guard, Washington, North Carolina

Date of death: Thursday, October 4, 2018
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan from wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Hunter, Jonathon Michael
Army Sergeant

Jonathon Michael Hunter, age 23, from Columbus, Indiana.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Date of death: Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan as a result of injuries sustained when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Sibayan, Carlosvictor Ganzon
Navy Fire controlman 2nd clss

Carlosvictor Ganzon Sibayan, age 23, from Chula Vista, California.

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

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Booker, Isiah L.
Army Specialist

Isiah L. Booker, age 23, from Cibolo, Texas.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Date of death: Saturday, January 7, 2017
Death details: Died in Jordan in a non-combat related incident.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Luckey, Danyelle
Navy Seaman

Danyelle Luckey, age 23, from Pittsburg, California.

Parents: Annette Luckey

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Pittsburg High (2011)

Date of death: Sunday, October 10, 2016
Death details: Became ill while aboard the USS Ronald Reagan. Military told family she died from cardiac arrest.

Source: KGO, East Bay Times

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Burris, Ryan D.
Navy Petty officer 3rd class

Ryan D. Burris, age 23, from Lisle, Illinois.

Parents: Karen and Daniel Burris
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Crisis Response element of Joint Special Operations Task Force – Arabian Peninsula, Special Operations Command Central, U.S. Central Command.

Date of death: Thursday, May 21, 2015
Death details: Died in Abu Dhabi, UAE of non-combat related injuries in Zayed Military City.
Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National

Source: Department of Defense, Chicago Tribune, Legacy

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Spitzer, Thomas Z.
Marines Sergeant

Thomas Z. Spitzer, age 23, from New Braunfels, Texas.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California

Date of death: Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com

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Sass, Andrew
Army Private 1st class

Andrew Sass, age 23, from Fremont, North Carolina, Wayne county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord; Enlisted May 2013

Date of death: Saturday, June 21, 2014
Death details: Killed at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. Details were not released.

Source: Department of Defense, Newark News

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Villotcarrasco, Yeshabel
Nevy Boatswain’s mate seaman

Yeshabel Villotcarrasco, age 23, from Parma, Ohio.

Service era: Afghanistan

Date of death: Thursday, June 19, 2014
Death details: Suicide aboard USS James E. Williams while the ship was underway in the Red Sea. According to a report on the incident: “She reached our for help on the day she died but was rebuffed in her efforts…She believed she was being singled out because of her gender and her small size.”
Cemetery: Dade Memorial Park, Miami, Florida

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, WTKR, Military Times