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Kyle D. McKenna, age 28, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, El Paso county.
Parents: Patrick and Tracy McKenna
Spouse: Ashlyn
Service era: Post War on Terror
Schools: Pine Creek High (2012), Saint Mary’s High, Coloraod State University Pueblo
Date of death: Thursday, April 27, 2023
Death details: Killed when two helicopter collided in Alaska while returning from a traning mission
Source: New York Post (2023), Daily News Miner (2023), Colorado Springs Gazette (2023)
James Requenez, age 28, from San Antonio, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, March 25, 2021
Death details: Died during training at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where a so-called swamp phase of the 62-day Army Ranger School takes place at Camp Rudder
Source: ABC News, New York Daily News
Anthony C. Bermudez, age 28, from Dallas, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Crosswinds High graduate, Grand Prarie
Date of death: Monday, January 11, 2021
Death details: Killed during a routine troop movement near Camp Buehring, Kuawait
Source: Military Times, Dallas Morning News
Blake Munck, age 28, of Glendale, Arizona
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 30th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Parents: Jeff and Kim Munck
School: Milennium High (2010)
Date of death: Saturday, July 25, 2020
Death details: While attending a professional development course on Fort Sill, his roomate found him unresponsive at his residence in Elgin. Death was ruled a suicide.
Cemetery: Clinton Lawn, Iowa
Source: Lawton Constitution, Clinton Herald, findagrave.com
Marshal D. Roberts, age 28, from Oklahoma, Owasso county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Death details: Died when his unit was engaged by enemy indirect fire at Camp Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Javier Jaduar Gutierrez, age 28, from San Antonio, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Date of death: Saturday, February 8, 2020
Death details: Died in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan as a result of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Antonio Rey Rodriguez, age 28, from Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Date of death: Saturday, February 8, 2020
Death details: Died in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan as a result of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations
Source: Department of Defense, Army Times
James A. Rogers, age 28, of Medlia, Minnesota.
Parents: James and Beth Rogers
Schools: Saint James High graduate, St. Cloud State University graduate
Military history: 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, assigned to Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Date of death: Thursday, December 5, 2019
Death details: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying him crashed in Kimball, Minnesota, killing three guardsmen. They were conducting a maintenance test flight
Source: WCCO, Delano Herald Journal (2020), Pioneer Press (2019)
Kort M. Plantenberg, age 28, of Avon, Minnesota
Parents: Steve and Laura Plantenberg
Schools: Albany Area High (2009), University of Minnesota-Duluth (2013)
Military history: 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, assigned to Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Date of death: Thursday, December 5, 2019
Death details: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying him crashed in Kimball, Minnesota, killing three guardsmen. They were conducting a maintenance test flight
Source: WCCO, Pioneer Press (2019), Daniel Funeral Homes
Michael A. Thomason, age 28, from Lincoln Park, Michigan.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Monday, April 29, 2019
Death details: Died in Kobani, Syria of wounds from a non-combat incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times