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Keigan Baker, age 24, from Longview, Washington.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Eastern Washington University graduate
Military history: Special Tactics Training Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida
Date of death: Thursday, March 19, 2020
Death details: Died in a training swim test that was conducted without the usual “buddy team” system typical for such swims at St. Andrews Bay, Florida.
Source: Air Force Times
Michael Isaiah Nance, age 24, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Shawn Gregoire
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 29, 2019
Death details: Died in Tarin Kowt, Uruuzgan Province, Afghanistanfrom wounds sustained in a combat related incident
Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National
Source: Department of Defense, chicagocrusader.com, Military Times
Clayton Saldana, age 24, from San Antonio, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5
Date of death: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Death details: Listed Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown following a non-combat, man overboard incident while underway onboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea
Source: Department of Defense, Stars and Stripes
James G. Johnston, age 24, from Trumansburg, New York.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 79th Ordnance Battalion (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 71st Ordnance Group, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Death details: Died from wounds sustained from small arms fire while engaged in combat operations
Source: Department of Defense
Albert J. Miller, age 24, from Richmond, New Hampshire.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
Date of death: Friday, April 19, 2019
Death details: Died at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jason Mitchell McClary, age 24, from Export, Pennsylvania.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Sunday, December 2, 2018
Death details: Died in Landstuhl, Germany as a result of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device on November 27, 2018 in Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Devin J. Kuhn, age 24, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Parents: Lynn and James Kuhn
Spouse: Brittany A. Kuhn
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Archbishop Ryan High (2013)
Military history: Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Date of death: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Death details: Died after a training accident at Camp Rilea, Oregon
Cemetery: Washington Crossing National
Source: John F. Givnish Funeral Home
Alec Martin, age 24, from Halethorpe, Maryland.
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
Devon M. Faulkner, age 24, from Raleigh, North Carolina.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Death details: Died of a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, UPI, Military Times
Karlyn Ramirez, age 24,.
Parents: Susan Rmirez
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Stationed at For Meade
Date of death: Monday, August 24, 2015
Death details: Her husband drove seven hours from his home in South Carolina to kill her. Prosecutors said he put a revolver against her body and shot her three times. Maintenance workers called police after discovering an open glass door in her townhouse.
Source: Baltimore Sun